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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 does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?
(a) As an island within an island.
(b) As any environment that satisfies its survival requirements.
(c) As inseparable from the islands where it developed.
(d) As the whole history of its development in the ecosystem.

2. What is Lovejoy's term for the ecological crisis?
(a) Relaxation to equilibrium.
(b) Catastrophic deterioration.
(c) Ecosystem decay.
(d) Faunal collapse.

3. What did Frank Preston study?
(a) Species divergence.
(b) Adaptive radiation.
(c) Species distribution.
(d) Predator-prey relations.

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

5. What does Michael Soule study?
(a) Dodos.
(b) Lizards in the Gulf of California.
(c) Birds in Guam.
(d) Tasmanian tigers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of Quammen's writing in the opening chapter?

2. What kinds of animals did Philip Darlington look at?

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

4. What did Philip Darlington propose?

5. What is a trophic cascade?

(see the answer key)

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