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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Hollow logs.
(b) Marshy areas.
(c) Hedges.
(d) Tree holes.

2. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1995.

3. What was the second-largest coral reef located?
(a) Red Sea.
(b) Indian ocean.
(c) Caribbean.
(d) Off the coast of Belize.

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

5. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?
(a) 18 degrees.
(b) 50 degrees.
(c) 70 degrees.
(d) 20 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?

3. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

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