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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 does Quammen say an island is?
(a) A sample.
(b) An isolate.
(c) A fundamentally unique environment.
(d) A replica of other ecosystems.

2. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?
(a) That when species were displaced, they sometimes thrived in the new territory.
(b) That species had adapted to every different environment on earth.
(c) That some ecological niches went unfilled.
(d) That human beings could be found in every climate.

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

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

5. Who is Owen Griffiths?
(a) A bird researcher in Australia.
(b) A monkey researcher in Mauritius.
(c) A sailor from the 18th century.
(d) An insect researcher in Madagascar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation did Wilson make to Quammen?

2. What did Wilson and MacArthur say about the immigration of new species in an island ecosystem?

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

4. What did Frank Preston say made up the majority of species in any ecosystem?

5. How many species did Wilson and MacArthur predict would establish an equilibrium in Krakatau?

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