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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?
(a) Monorhina.
(b) Ungulates.
(c) Anamnia.
(d) Marsupials.

2. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?
(a) That people are hungry for economic growth, even at the expense of ecosystems.
(b) That people don't know anything about his field.
(c) That people are outraged about the disappearance of species.
(d) That people are willing to change their habits in order to save ecosystems.

3. Where does Quammen say isolates can occur?
(a) Only in areas separated by steep mountains or deserts.
(b) On islands and on land.
(c) Only on islands.
(d) In the bottoms of lakes.

4. What was Lovejoy's strategy in his plan?
(a) To import animals into nature reserves.
(b) To exterminate all animals in an area and study how the area was repopulated.
(c) Count the number of species in rainforest islands.
(d) To diminish the size of nature reserves and track the number of species over time.

5. How would you describe Quammen's narrative of the dodo's decline and extinction?
(a) Ungrounded fiction.
(b) Speculation.
(c) Detailed hypothesis.
(d) Detailed narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?

2. What is a trophic cascade?

3. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?

4. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?

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

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