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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Song of the Indri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a minimum viable population?
(a) The minimum number of offspring that need to be born in each brood to sustain the population.
(b) The minimum number of acres necessary to preserve a population.
(c) The minimum rate of increase to preserve the genetic health of a population.
(d) The number of individuals necessary to sustain a population.

2. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Italy.
(b) Malay Archipelago.
(c) Japan.
(d) Tunisia.

3. What did Wilson show Quammen when the two men visited?
(a) Letters people had written to Wilson and MacArthur about their theories.
(b) A slide show of how Wilson and MacArthur developed their theory.
(c) Drafts of the papers that defined biogeography.
(d) Specimens that had helped Wilson and MacArthur develop their theory.

4. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?
(a) Guesses.
(b) Science.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Religion.

5. What does Quammen say about the overall pattern on this hypothetical rug?
(a) It is ruined.
(b) It only exists in nostalgia.
(c) It can still be reassembled.
(d) It is theoretical, now.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Frank Preston study?

3. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?

4. How does Quammen describe the indri?

5. What was the result of the experiment Wilson and MacArthur undertook to prove their Krakatau hypothesis?

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