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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) Plutonium.
(b) Uranium.
(c) Iridium.
(d) Radiometrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?

2. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

3. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?

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

5. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hall-Spencer work until he was able to get funding for his research?

2. What did Cuvier do at the Paris Museum of Natural History?

3. What were the frogs like that Darwin discovered in Chile?

4. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?

5. Where and how did extinction emerge as an idea?

6. What were graptolites?

7. What does the town of El Valle De Anton look like?

8. What did the author see as she swam toward volcanic vents off Castello Aragonese?

9. What did Charles Darwin do when he finished Cambridge?

10. Where were the first mastodon bones found that were studied?

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