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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?
(a) Religion.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Science.
(d) Guesses.

2. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Fiction.

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

4. Who was Truganini?
(a) A researcher in Tasmania.
(b) A naturalists who studied the Tasmanian tiger.
(c) A sailor who reported on Tasmanian tigers.
(d) The last surviving Tasmanian woman.

5. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?
(a) Loss of environment to development.
(b) The spread of pathogens.
(c) Fragmented ecosystems.
(d) Loss of communication from one region to the next.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?

4. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

5. How did humans hurt the dodo population indirectly?

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