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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?
(a) 45 percent.
(b) 35 percent.
(c) 65 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

2. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) Late 1970s.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1964.
(d) Early 1970s.

3. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Arlene.
(b) Hamish.
(c) Rina.
(d) Jose.

4. How many species new to science had Silman and his students found?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

5. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?
(a) 9 feet long and 9 feet high.
(b) 10 feet long and 8 feet high.
(c) 12 feet long and 6 feet high.
(d) 15 feet long and 7 feet high.

Short Answer Questions

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

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"?

3. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?

4. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

5. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

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