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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rarity Unto Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Krakatau erupt?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1721.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1923.

2. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?
(a) A spider.
(b) A snake.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A bird.

3. Why was the thylacine killed off?
(a) Because its eggs were collected by sailors.
(b) Because invasive species competed more successfully for food.
(c) Because it lost its habitat to colonists.
(d) Because it preyed on colonists' sheep and was hunted.

4. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?
(a) That traits a parent acquires during its life are passed down to its young.
(b) That species can only react to their environmental conditions.
(c) That evolve tends toward the perfection of each species.
(d) That science would fill in all the missing links in the evolutionary chain.

5. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Rise in sea level.
(b) Volcanic activity.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Seismic upthrust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?

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

3. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?

4. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?

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

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