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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 ecosystem does Wallace distinguish from ecosystems that developed in isolation?
(a) Ecosystems where great complexity developed out of local conditions.
(b) Ecosystems where people had introduced new species.
(c) Ecosystems that had been part of a larger land mass, but broke away.
(d) Ecosystems that were simplified over time.

2. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?
(a) Fragmented ecosystems.
(b) Loss of environment to development.
(c) The spread of pathogens.
(d) Loss of communication from one region to the next.

3. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?
(a) Ecosystem collapse.
(b) Functional adaptation.
(c) Island biogeography.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

4. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?
(a) Whether he developed the theory of evolution on his own.
(b) Whether he stole his work from Wallace.
(c) Whether he owed Wallace for the material he borrowed.
(d) Whether he acted honorably toward Wallace.

5. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Extended metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Bates work with?

2. What was the special creation theory?

3. What is the first example Quammen cites of a species that has gone extinct?

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

5. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

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