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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Song of the Indri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a minimum viable population?
(a) The number of individuals necessary to sustain a population.
(b) The minimum rate of increase to preserve the genetic health of a population.
(c) The minimum number of offspring that need to be born in each brood to sustain the population.
(d) The minimum number of acres necessary to preserve a population.

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

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

4. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?
(a) 'The Mismeasure of Man'.
(b) 'The Selfish Gene'.
(c) 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'.
(d) 'The Origin of Species'.

5. What does Michael Soule study?
(a) Birds in Guam.
(b) Tasmanian tigers.
(c) Dodos.
(d) Lizards in the Gulf of California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe Quammen's style?

2. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

3. What objection did Simberloff and Abele raise?

4. What does Quammen say the indri's future looks like?

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

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