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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?
(a) 40 out of 51.
(b) 15 out of 18.
(c) 21 out of 22.
(d) 32 out 38.

2. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?
(a) Catastrophic events.
(b) Marine life.
(c) Cats.
(d) Rats.

3. When did Hall-Spencer first take a trip to the vents near Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2002.

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

5. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
(a) Western Utah.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Eastern Montana.
(d) Colorado.

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

7. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

8. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?
(a) More than a century.
(b) 75 years.
(c) About 50 years.
(d) 115 years.

9. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) A small boy.
(b) A false lover.
(c) Devil.
(d) Shepherd.

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

11. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?
(a) Africa.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

12. What group did Condon and Millar, Zalasiewicz's colleagues, work for?
(a) Austrian Geological Society.
(b) British Geological Survey.
(c) American Geophysical Union.
(d) Aberdeen Geological Survey.

13. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1984.

14. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Panama.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Honduras.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

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

4. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?

5. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

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