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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through World in Pieces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Seismic upthrust.
(c) Volcanic activity.
(d) Rise in sea level.

2. What strategy was Karen Strier opposed to using, for preserving the muriqui population?
(a) Imposing limits on environmental encroachment.
(b) Hunting down poachers.
(c) Relocating some families. Working with the muriqui families on an individual basis.
(d) Breeding the muriqui in captivity.

3. How many species of the animal Philip Darlington studied did an island of four square miles possess?
(a) 88.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 217.

4. What is a trophic cascade?
(a) The result of change in one species' hunting habits.
(b) The cycle of expansion and contraction in animal populations.
(c) The consequences of habitat depletion.
(d) The interrelation between species.

5. Why were people cutting down the forests in the place where Lovejoy implemented his plan?
(a) To build cities.
(b) To make wildlife extinct.
(c) To mine resources.
(d) To make rangeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?

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

3. What was Tasmania's environmental history, according to Quammen?

4. What does Michael Soule study?

5. How would you describe Quammen's style?

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