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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man Who Knew Islands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quammen say about the overall pattern on this hypothetical rug?
(a) It is theoretical, now.
(b) It can still be reassembled.
(c) It is ruined.
(d) It only exists in nostalgia.

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

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

4. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?
(a) Aopstrophe.
(b) Leading question.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Rhetorical question.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?

2. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?

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

4. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?

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

(see the answer key)

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