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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 11,000.

4. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1460.
(b) 1411.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1312.

5. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?
(a) 15 out of 18.
(b) 32 out 38.
(c) 40 out of 51.
(d) 21 out of 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?

2. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?

3. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?

4. At the time the author wrote Chapter 9, how much of the earth was ice-free?

5. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?

(see the answer key)

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