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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 were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) University of Montana.

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

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

4. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?
(a) Apatite.
(b) Zircon.
(c) Quartz
(d) Fluorite.

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) 9 feet long and 9 feet high.
(d) 15 feet long and 7 feet high.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?

3. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

4. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?

5. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?

(see the answer key)

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