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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?
(a) National Zoo in Washington D.C.
(b) Scientific expedition to Chile.
(c) Scientific expedition to Brazil.
(d) San Diego Zoo.

2. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1987.

3. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?
(a) 3,500.
(b) Just over 7,000.
(c) 4,500.
(d) About 5,000.

4. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Shallow running water.
(b) Sand dunes.
(c) Shallow caves near creeks.
(d) River banks.

5. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?
(a) Tasmania.
(b) Mauritius.
(c) St. Jago.
(d) Argentina.

6. When was the word "catastrophist" first coined?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1844.

7. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Panama.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Honduras.

8. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?
(a) 170.
(b) 180.
(c) 185.
(d) 165.

9. Where was Dob's Linn located?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Northern Britain.

10. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(b) 8 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 18 miles west of Naples.
(d) 18 miles east of Naples.

11. What group did Condon and Millar, Zalasiewicz's colleagues, work for?
(a) American Geophysical Union.
(b) Aberdeen Geological Survey.
(c) Austrian Geological Society.
(d) British Geological Survey.

12. How many hooks would Armannsson have on his line when he fished for cod?
(a) 450.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 350.
(d) 12,000.

13. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?
(a) 20 degrees.
(b) 70 degrees.
(c) 18 degrees.
(d) 50 degrees.

14. When were undergraduate students recruited for an experiment about perception?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1951.

15. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) More than 4,000.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?

2. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?

4. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?

5. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

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