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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Brown.
(d) Stanford.

2. Of the fossils collected by Kolbert at Dob's Linn, what letter did many of them resemble?
(a) L.
(b) M.
(c) T.
(d) V.

3. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?
(a) Limestone.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Granite.
(d) Shale.

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

5. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) A small boy.
(b) Shepherd.
(c) Devil.
(d) A false lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

2. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

3. When did Crutzen publish "Geology of Mankind"?

4. When did Hall-Spencer first take a trip to the vents near Castello Aragonese?

5. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?

(see the answer key)

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