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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?
(a) Fowl Island.
(b) Byrd Island.
(c) Funk Island.
(d) Penguin Island.

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

3. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Eastern Montana.
(c) Western Utah.
(d) Wyoming.

4. For his genome project, how many bones was Paaba able to obtain?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 21.
(d) 11.

5. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?
(a) 40 out of 51.
(b) 21 out of 22.
(c) 15 out of 18.
(d) 32 out 38.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?

3. In the 1970s, how many species of birds were discovered to live on One Tree?

4. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?

5. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

(see the answer key)

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