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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. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) Galapagos.
(d) Madagascar.

2. What does Quammen interject into his historical narrative about ecosystem studies?
(a) Apocalyptic visions.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Personal stories.
(d) Sociological insights.

3. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?
(a) With Darwin.
(b) With MacArthur and Wilson.
(c) With Quammen.
(d) With Alfred Wallace.

4. How does Quammen find fault with other scientists studying extinctions?
(a) By saying that their nostalgia clouds their findings.
(b) By saying that they have only been talking to each other.
(c) By saying that their fundamental premises were ungrounded.
(d) By saying that their vocabulary is insufficient to the problems.

5. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?
(a) The despair of the threads.
(b) The dissolution of the design.
(c) The outrage of the rug weavers.
(d) The joy of the scissors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?

2. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?

3. How long after the eruption did it take for 271 species to be counted at Krakatau?

4. Who did Robert Bates work with?

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

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