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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 did Crutzen publish "Geology of Mankind"?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2002.

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

3. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1970s.

4. What group did Condon and Millar, Zalasiewicz's colleagues, work for?
(a) British Geological Survey.
(b) Austrian Geological Society.
(c) Aberdeen Geological Survey.
(d) American Geophysical Union.

5. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) Late 1970s.
(b) Early 1970s.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?

2. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?

3. What town about 100 miles north of Rome, might be described as a municipal fossil?

4. When was the word "catastrophist" first coined?

5. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?

(see the answer key)

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