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

2. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1867.

3. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?
(a) 165.
(b) 185.
(c) 170.
(d) 180.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?

2. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?

3. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

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

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

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