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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the dodo nest?
(a) In trees.
(b) In burrows.
(c) In man-made structures.
(d) On the ground.

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

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

4. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?
(a) Swam.
(b) Came with humans.
(c) They developed independently from amphibians there.
(d) Flew.

5. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?
(a) A kestrel.
(b) A crab.
(c) A macaque.
(d) A komodo dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Owen Griffiths?

2. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

3. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

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

5. What is a trophic cascade?

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