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

2. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

3. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Off-hand.
(d) Technical and precise.

4. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?
(a) They both studied birds.
(b) They both collected insects and primates.
(c) They both studied island ecosystems.
(d) They both found hostile responses to their work.

5. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) Galapagos islands.
(b) Palestine.
(c) Australia.
(d) The Malay Archipelago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?

2. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?

3. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

4. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?

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

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