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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Toad skeleton.
(c) Star.
(d) Skull and crossbones.

2. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Russia.

3. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

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

5. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?
(a) 12 feet long and 6 feet high.
(b) 10 feet long and 8 feet high.
(c) 15 feet long and 7 feet high.
(d) 9 feet long and 9 feet high.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall were adult auks?

2. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?

3. How long were auk eggs?

4. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

5. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?

(see the answer key)

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