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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the breeding season for auks?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) May and June.
(d) April and May.

2. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?
(a) Catastrophic events.
(b) Cats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Marine life.

3. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 45,000.

4. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
(a) Volcanic explosions.
(b) Asteroid impact.
(c) Flood.
(d) Glaciation.

5. How many species of birds were estimated to live in the entire world?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?

2. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?

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

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

5. How close to Australia was One Tree Island?

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