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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ecosystem does Wallace distinguish from ecosystems that developed in isolation?
(a) Ecosystems that had been part of a larger land mass, but broke away.
(b) Ecosystems that were simplified over time.
(c) Ecosystems where great complexity developed out of local conditions.
(d) Ecosystems where people had introduced new species.

3. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Quammen.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Foster.

4. What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island?
(a) The altitude of its mountains.
(b) The island's distance from the mainland.
(c) A natural rhythm of immigration and extinction.
(d) The fertility of the soil, or temperature of the water.

5. When did the dodo go extinct?
(a) 20th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 19th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What traits did sailors notice in animals on remote islands?

2. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

3. What is a sample?

4. What is the Guam rail?

5. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?

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