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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Berne.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. Where was the Jambato toad found in backyard gardens?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Peru.
(d) Chile.

4. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1985.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

2. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?

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

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

5. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?

(see the answer key)

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