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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Technical and precise.
(b) Sophisticated.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Off-hand.

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

3. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Japan.
(c) Malay Archipelago.
(d) Italy.

4. How does Quammen find fault with other scientists studying extinctions?
(a) By saying that their nostalgia clouds their findings.
(b) By saying that they have only been talking to each other.
(c) By saying that their vocabulary is insufficient to the problems.
(d) By saying that their fundamental premises were ungrounded.

5. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?
(a) Whether he acted honorably toward Wallace.
(b) Whether he developed the theory of evolution on his own.
(c) Whether he stole his work from Wallace.
(d) Whether he owed Wallace for the material he borrowed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say makes his field important?

2. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?

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

4. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?

5. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?

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