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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?
(a) Whether he stole his work from Wallace.
(b) Whether he developed the theory of evolution on his own.
(c) Whether he acted honorably toward Wallace.
(d) Whether he owed Wallace for the material he borrowed.

3. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?
(a) They are unintelligible without the whole design.
(b) They are complex and well made.
(c) They are nothing without the whole.
(d) They are each complete in themselves.

4. What does Quammen say makes his field important?
(a) Because island ecosystems are a good metaphor for ecosystems as a whole.
(b) Because it has predicted recent phenomena.
(c) Because it accounts for events other fields cannot account for.
(d) Because it is holistic and global in scope.

5. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?
(a) Island biogeography.
(b) Functional adaptation.
(c) Ecosystem collapse.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

2. What is Lovejoy's term for the ecological crisis?

3. How does Quammen describe the efforts of other scientists?

4. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?

5. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?

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