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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Hieronymus.
(b) Tineka Jawana.
(c) Amadeus.
(d) Shasmecka.
2. Adams states that when Captain Cook saw New Zealand from the sea in ________, he recorded that "inland as far as the eye can see the peaks are crowded together as to scarcely admit any valleys between them."
(a) 1773.
(b) 1588.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1492.
3. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.
(b) Indian Cobra / Australia.
(c) Western Cottonmouth / United States.
(d) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.
4. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?
(a) Moa.
(b) Kakapo.
(c) Dodo.
(d) Elephant birds.
5. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Brown Recluse.
(b) Tarantulas.
(c) Black Widow.
(d) Sydney Funnel-web.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.
2. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.
3. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?
4. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."
5. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the customs hut in Zaire.
2. Describe the Kea, as discussed in Heartbeats in the Night.
3. Analyze the title of Heartbeats in the Night.
4. What major evolutionary change passed Madagascar, according to Adams?
5. Explain the term "habituating," as described in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.
6. Discuss the irony Adams saw surrounding the history of lemurs.
7. Compare and contrast Mark Carwardine to Douglas Adams, as described in chapter Twig Technology.
8. Compare and contrast Adams' view of Bali to that of David Attenborough's.
9. Analyze Don Merton as described by Adams in Heartbeats in the Night.
10. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?
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