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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 function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Prediction.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Introduction.

2. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?
(a) With Quammen.
(b) With Darwin.
(c) With Alfred Wallace.
(d) With MacArthur and Wilson.

3. Who did Robert Bates work with?
(a) Quammen.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Wallace.

4. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Lichens.
(d) Mosses and ferns.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wallace put Darwin in a tough spot, according to Quammen?

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

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

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

5. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?

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