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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preston's Bell.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What doe Quammen say about this rule?
(a) It is still not established as accepted science.
(b) It required enormous statistical calculations to arrive at it.
(c) It is intuitive, but also more complicated.
(d) It is highly controversial.

3. What is the first example Quammen cites of a species that has gone extinct?
(a) The passenger pigeon in North America.
(b) The tiger in Bali.
(c) The Manatee in Florida.
(d) The dodo.

4. What does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?
(a) Larger predators.
(b) Smaller food supply.
(c) Smaller territories.
(d) Larger food supply.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?

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

3. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?

4. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?

5. What is a sample?

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