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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Akuyeyri.
(c) Njarovik.
(d) Kopavogur.

2. How far was it to walk from the research station on One Tree to DK-13?
(a) About a mile.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) 1/4 mile.
(d) About 1 1/2 miles.

3. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) Galapagos Islands.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Chile.

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

5. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?

2. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?

3. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?

4. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?

5. How long were auk eggs?

(see the answer key)

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