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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?
(a) More than 100.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) About 50.

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

3. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) University of Montana.
(d) University of Colorado.

4. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?
(a) Smythe and Brandenburg.
(b) Andrews and Pierson.
(c) Roberts and Whitman.
(d) Wake and Vredenburg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the La Loma robber frog?

2. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?

4. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

5. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?

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