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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 Hall-Spencer first take a trip to the vents near Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2001.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

3. From what country were Norway rats from?

4. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?

5. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

(see the answer key)

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