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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Dob's Linn located?
(a) Wales.
(b) Northern Britain.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

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

3. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1312.
(b) 1302.
(c) 1460.
(d) 1411.

4. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?
(a) Dominican Repulican.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Haiti.

5. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 3/8.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?

2. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?

3. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?

4. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?

5. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?

(see the answer key)

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