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A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz

Bill Bryson
This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz

Bill Bryson
This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Take our free A Short History of Nearly Everything quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Scientists eventually figured out that certain unusual rocks near Manson, Iowa, were not because of ancient volcanic activity as they first surmised, but the result of what?

2.

The strongest earthquake ever recorded was measured off the coast of Chile in 1960. What did it measure on the Richter scale?

3.

The skeleton "Lucy" found in Ethiopia in 1974 is thought to come from the hominid species:

4.

The author mentions the case of bacteria surviving for two years in a sealed camera lens where?

5.

Earth is composed of 8 to 12 larger plates and about how many smaller ones?

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