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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

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

3. What did golden frogs look like when they walk?
(a) Snakes slithering.
(b) Drunks attempting to walk a straight line.
(c) Children crawling.
(d) Children hopping.

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

5. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) As high as your ankle.
(b) Chest high.
(c) Knee high.
(d) Waist high.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?

2. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?

3. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?

4. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?

5. Where was Dob's Linn located?

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