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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Western.
(d) Eastern.

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1980.

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

5. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 27.
(d) 24.

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

7. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 22.

8. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) Late 1970s.
(b) Early 1970s.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1978.

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

10. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1796.
(d) 1801.

11. What did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?
(a) Homogenocene.
(b) Cenozoic.
(c) Catastrophozoic.
(d) Myxocene.

12. From what country were Norway rats from?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Norway.

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

14. When was the breeding season for auks?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) April and May.
(d) May and June.

15. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Panama.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Honduras.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

2. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?

3. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?

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