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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?
(a) 2 1/2 acres.
(b) 3 1/2 acres.
(c) 1 acre.
(d) 3 acres.

3. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles east of Naples.
(b) 18 miles west of Naples.
(c) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(d) 8 miles west of Sorrento.

4. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1960s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many illustrations of species were in "Graptolites in British Stratigraphy"?

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

3. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?

4. From what country were Norway rats from?

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

(see the answer key)

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