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

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

3. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.
(b) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.
(c) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
(d) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.

4. What was the special creation theory?
(a) The theory that species developed only the most aesthetic traits.
(b) The theory that the universe was created especially for man's comfort.
(c) The idea that God made each species for its environment.
(d) The theory that man was specifically created out of the best traits of the other animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advice did Darwin receive from his friends, with regard to Wallace's work?

3. How does Quammen describe the efforts of other scientists?

4. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

5. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?

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