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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Green and black.
(b) Brownish-orange.
(c) Orangey-red.
(d) Reddish blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?

2. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

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

4. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?

5. Where was the Jambato toad found in backyard gardens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Charles Lyell become a scientist?

2. What was Castello Aragonese?

3. What were graptolites?

4. Where had Bd spread?

5. Why didn't Charles Lyell believe in catastrophism?

6. What does the town of El Valle De Anton look like?

7. Where were the Panamanian golden frogs housed, when it was discovered they were dying?

8. How was extinction dealt with before the end of the 18th century?

9. What was the Gola del Botttaccione?

10. What did Charles Darwin do when he finished Cambridge?

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