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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 tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?
(a)
(b) He lost his specimens and notes in a shipwreck.
(c) Someone else arrived in England a few weeks before him with similar specimens.
(d) He became sick and nearly died.

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

3. What was the special creation theory?
(a) The idea that God made each species for its environment.
(b) The theory that man was specifically created out of the best traits of the other animals.
(c) The theory that species developed only the most aesthetic traits.
(d) The theory that the universe was created especially for man's comfort.

4. What kinds of animals did Philip Darlington look at?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Insects.
(d) Reptiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jared Diamond, a nature reserve has to have what characteristics, in order to support a large number of species?

2. Who is Philip Darlington?

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

4. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?

5. Why was the thylacine killed off?

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