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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 did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?
(a) Catastrophozoic.
(b) Cenozoic.
(c) Myxocene.
(d) Homogenocene.

2. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?
(a) 15-20.
(b) 20-40.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

3. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Orangey-red.
(b) Brownish-orange.
(c) Reddish blue.
(d) Green and black.

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

5. In Chapter 8, how many species of trees did Miles Silman say were in his plots?`
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 750.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was the last auk killed?

4. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?

5. When did Crutzen publish "Geology of Mankind"?

(see the answer key)

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