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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
(a) Flood.
(b) Volcanic explosions.
(c) Asteroid impact.
(d) Glaciation.

2. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 2 feet.
(c) Nearly 5 feet.
(d) Almost 4 feet.

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1978.

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

5. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?
(a) Popcorn popping.
(b) Rain falling on a tin roof.
(c) Popping of the cork of a champagne bottle.
(d) Whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

2. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?

3. Where was Walter Alvarez's father a physicist?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?

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