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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?
(a) More than 1,000 miles.
(b) 300 miles.
(c) 700 miles.
(d) About 500 miles.

2. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

3. How many species of arthropods did Terry Erwin estimate lived in the tropics?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 30 million.
(d) 200,000.

4. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?
(a) More than 4,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 3,500.

5. Of the fossils collected by Kolbert at Dob's Linn, what letter did many of them resemble?
(a) L.
(b) M.
(c) V.
(d) T.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?

2. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?

3. What group did Condon and Millar, Zalasiewicz's colleagues, work for?

4. Where was Bardsey Island located?

5. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?

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