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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first example Quammen cites of a species that has gone extinct?
(a) The dodo.
(b) The Manatee in Florida.
(c) The tiger in Bali.
(d) The passenger pigeon in North America.

2. What had happened to the smaller reserves in Lovejoy's plan?
(a) They took longer to arrive at an equilibrium of species.
(b) They swelled with species.
(c) They unraveled quickly.
(d) They arrived at an equilibrium with a higher density than some larger reserves.

3. What was the conclusion Soule and Gilpin came to regarding the Texas question?
(a) The species' population would likely collapse.
(b) The species' population would be diminished and separated, but remain viable.
(c) The species' population would thrive.
(d) The species' population would not escape inbreeding, but would likely survive.

4. What assertion did Frank Preston make based on his data?
(a) That the earth itself is a single ecosystem, and it cannot be broken down into constituent parts without losing sight of the whole.
(b) That a national park 'microcosm' would not be representative of wild species.
(c) That a national park could contain a microcosm of the wild species.
(d) That a national park that wanted to be a microcosm of wild species would need a large buffer zone to encourage diversity.

5. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Japan.
(b) Malay Archipelago.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?

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

3. What rule governs the relationship between the size of an island and the number of species it can support?

4. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?

5. Which theory is Quammen supporting when he cites the work of William Newmark?

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