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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 surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?
(a) Ability to be carried in other animals' fur.
(b) Ability to swim long distances.
(c) Ability to be carried on wind currents.
(d) Ability to go without water for weeks.

2. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?
(a) The dodo.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
(c) The Komodo dragon.
(d) The indigenous people of Tasmania.

3. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
(a) It was a book that changed things.
(b) Its effect was not felt for years.
(c) It was practically unnoticed.
(d) It was doubted at the time it was published.

4. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?
(a) Trends in an isolate can be applied to larger areas.
(b) A sample is only representative of itself.
(c) An isolate does not have a relation with a larger area.
(d) Samples are only statistically related to larger environments.

5. How did sailors describe the dodo?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Swift.
(c) Canny.
(d) Cagey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wilson and MacArthur say about the immigration of new species in an island ecosystem?

2. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?

3. How would you describe Quammen's style?

4. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?

5. What did Wilson and MacArthur postulate according to Quammen?

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