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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 750.
(d) 1,500.

2. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?
(a) Coprolites.
(b) Graptolites.
(c) Ammonites.
(d) Trace fossils.

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

4. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?
(a) Berne.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

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) 32 out 38.
(c) 21 out of 22.
(d) 15 out of 18.

6. Where was Dob's Linn located?
(a) Northern Britain.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

7. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Kopavogur.
(c) Akuyeyri.
(d) Njarovik.

8. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?
(a) Scientific expedition to Chile.
(b) Scientific expedition to Brazil.
(c) San Diego Zoo.
(d) National Zoo in Washington D.C.

9. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Mauritius.
(c) Tasmania.
(d) St. Jago.

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

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

12. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2003.

13. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) As many as 100,000 pairs.
(b) 10,000 pairs.
(c) 75,000 pairs.
(d) About 50,000 pairs.

14. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles east of Naples.
(b) 8 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 18 miles west of Naples.
(d) 5 miles west of Sorrento.

15. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?
(a) 150.
(b) About 50.
(c) 300.
(d) More than 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?

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

3. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?

4. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?

5. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?

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