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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?
(a) 103.
(b) More than 1,400.
(c) 580.
(d) About 1,000.

3. When was the word "catastrophist" first coined?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1832.

4. In the BDFFP's study plots, how many species of trees have been identified?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 1,300.

5. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles west of Naples.
(b) 8 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(d) 18 miles east of Naples.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

2. What did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?

3. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?

4. How much did Icelanders pay in 1971 to buy the auk back?

5. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?

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