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

2. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/8.

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

5. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cats.
(c) Marine life.
(d) Catastrophic events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

2. Where was Walter Alvarez's father a physicist?

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

4. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?

5. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the great auk look like?

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, what rocks did Luis Alvarez study and what did he learn?

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

6. Why did Luis Alvarez believe that iridium would help to clock the clay at Gubbio?

7. Why did it seem logical that Walter Alvarez became a scientist?

8. What was Castello Aragonese?

9. How did Lyell and Darwin view extinction?

10. What were graptolites?

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