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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog of the Amazon.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Lovejoy trying to determine with his plan?
(a) An ideal size for a nature reserve.
(b) An ideal number of reserves for a landscape.
(c) An ideal number of species per acre.
(d) A critical number of ecosystems for a conservation strategy.

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

4. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) Australia.
(b) The Malay Archipelago.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Galapagos islands.

5. What was the previous theory that governed speciation on islands?
(a) That more remote islands required more specialized traits for survival.
(b) That islands closer to land were more prone to extinctions, which sometimes reduced the variety of species.
(c) That greater distance reduced the number of species.
(d) That there was too little data and too much inconsistency to formulate a rule.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Philip Darlington?

3. What did Wilson and MacArthur postulate according to Quammen?

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

5. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

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