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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man Who Knew Islands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) The Malay Archipelago.
(b) Australia.
(c) Galapagos islands.
(d) Palestine.

2. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Extended metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

3. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?
(a) They both collected insects and primates.
(b) They both studied birds.
(c) They both studied island ecosystems.
(d) They both found hostile responses to their work.

4. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?
(a) The dissolution of the design.
(b) The despair of the threads.
(c) The joy of the scissors.
(d) The outrage of the rug weavers.

5. What function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Introduction.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Prediction.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?

2. What advice did Darwin receive from his friends, with regard to Wallace's work?

3. What does Quammen say makes his field important?

4. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

5. What was the special creation theory?

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