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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?
(a) Trace fossils.
(b) Graptolites.
(c) Ammonites.
(d) Coprolites.

2. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 789.
(b) 950.
(c) 814.
(d) 1,045.

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1979.

4. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) York.

5. When was the breeding season for auks?
(a) March.
(b) April and May.
(c) July.
(d) May and June.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the Great Barrier Reef, how large were the sea cucumbers?

2. In Chapter 9, by official count, how many species of birds were there in the Amazon?

3. Of the fossils collected by Kolbert at Dob's Linn, what letter did many of them resemble?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?

(see the answer key)

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