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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?
(a) Ireland.
(b) North of England.
(c) Scotland.
(d) South of England.

3. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

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

5. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?
(a) 70 degrees.
(b) 20 degrees.
(c) 18 degrees.
(d) 50 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?

2. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?

3. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?

4. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?

5. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?

(see the answer key)

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