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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?
(a) 'The Origin of Species'.
(b) 'The Selfish Gene'.
(c) 'The Mismeasure of Man'.
(d) 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'.

2. What did William Newmark determine in his findings?
(a) That species proliferate differently in different kinds of ecosystems.
(b) That the number of species is less valuable than the number of predators in indicating the health of an ecosystem.
(c) That species count and reserve area correlated.
(d) That species count and reserve area are not always correlated.

3. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?
(a) That people are hungry for economic growth, even at the expense of ecosystems.
(b) That people are outraged about the disappearance of species.
(c) That people are willing to change their habits in order to save ecosystems.
(d) That people don't know anything about his field.

4. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.
(b) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
(c) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.
(d) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

2. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?

3. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?

4. How did sailors describe the dodo?

5. What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island?

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