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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the last auk killed?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1821.

2. When were the first mastodon bones discovered that were subjected to scientific study?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1716.
(d) 1751.

3. What did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?
(a) Homogenocene.
(b) Catastrophozoic.
(c) Myxocene.
(d) Cenozoic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?

3. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?

4. When did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

5. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?

(see the answer key)

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