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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1736.
(d) 1758.

5. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1883.

Short Answer Questions

1. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

2. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?

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

4. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?

5. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?

(see the answer key)

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