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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Orangey-red.
(b) Brownish-orange.
(c) Reddish blue.
(d) Green and black.

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

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

4. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 10,000 feet.
(c) 1,000 feet.
(d) 2 miles.

5. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) 3,500.
(c) More than 4,000.
(d) 2,500.

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

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

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

9. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?
(a) Wake and Vredenburg.
(b) Roberts and Whitman.
(c) Smythe and Brandenburg.
(d) Andrews and Pierson.

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

11. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) About 1/4 to 1/3.
(d) Between 1/3 and 1/2.

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

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

14. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 16th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last auk killed?

2. What did golden frogs look like when they walk?

3. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?

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

5. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

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