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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Coming Thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Rise in sea level.
(b) Volcanic activity.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Seismic upthrust.

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

4. Who was Truganini?
(a) A sailor who reported on Tasmanian tigers.
(b) A researcher in Tasmania.
(c) A naturalists who studied the Tasmanian tiger.
(d) The last surviving Tasmanian woman.

5. What environment is NOT analogous to an island, according to Quammen?
(a) Cave.
(b) Lake.
(c) Mountaintop.
(d) Savannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?

2. Where did the dodo nest?

3. What ecosystem does Wallace distinguish from ecosystems that developed in isolation?

4. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

5. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?

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