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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 the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?
(a) Penguin Island.
(b) Byrd Island.
(c) Fowl Island.
(d) Funk Island.

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

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

4. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?
(a) 2,500.
(b) More than 4,000.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 3,500.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?

2. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?

3. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?

4. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

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

(see the answer key)

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