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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) A small boy.
(b) Devil.
(c) Shepherd.
(d) A false lover.

2. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Chest high.
(b) Knee high.
(c) Waist high.
(d) As high as your ankle.

3. What did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?
(a) Homogenocene.
(b) Catastrophozoic.
(c) Myxocene.
(d) Cenozoic.

4. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 75,000.

5. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?
(a) 24.
(b) 27.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?

2. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?

3. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?

4. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?

5. In the 1970s, how many species of birds were discovered to live on One Tree?

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