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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quammen describe the efforts of other scientists?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Insufficient.
(c) Holistic.
(d) Partial.

2. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?
(a) That when species were displaced, they sometimes thrived in the new territory.
(b) That some ecological niches went unfilled.
(c) That human beings could be found in every climate.
(d) That species had adapted to every different environment on earth.

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

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

5. How would you describe Quammen's style?
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Patient and thorough.
(c) Linear.
(d) Disjointed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?

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

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

4. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

5. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?

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