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Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1998.

2. How many species did Wilson and MacArthur predict would establish an equilibrium in Krakatau?
(a) 30.
(b) 250.
(c) 50.
(d) 500.

3. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?
(a) That species had adapted to every different environment on earth.
(b) That human beings could be found in every climate.
(c) That when species were displaced, they sometimes thrived in the new territory.
(d) That some ecological niches went unfilled.

4. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
(a) It was practically unnoticed.
(b) It was a book that changed things.
(c) Its effect was not felt for years.
(d) It was doubted at the time it was published.

5. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Krakatau?

2. What observation did Wilson make to Quammen?

3. What kinds of animals did Philip Darlington look at?

4. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?

5. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?

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