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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 was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?
(a) He created smaller nature reserves.
(b) He designed a controlled experiment of his own.
(c) He tried to keep nature reserves close to one another.
(d) He created larger nature reserves.

2. What advice did Darwin receive from his friends, with regard to Wallace's work?
(a) Credit Wallace and share the glory with him.
(b) To work with Wallace and publish a joint theory.
(c) To buy Wallace's notes from him, and pledge him to silence.
(d) Publish an outline quickly.

3. What does Quammen say makes his field important?
(a) Because it has predicted recent phenomena.
(b) Because island ecosystems are a good metaphor for ecosystems as a whole.
(c) Because it is holistic and global in scope.
(d) Because it accounts for events other fields cannot account for.

4. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?
(a) Trends in an isolate can be applied to larger areas.
(b) Samples are only statistically related to larger environments.
(c) A sample is only representative of itself.
(d) An isolate does not have a relation with a larger area.

5. What data does William Newmark look at in his studies?
(a) Wildlife sightings in natural parks.
(b) Species census in U.S. natural reserves.
(c) Fisheries census.
(d) Bird sightings in U.S. migrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Krakatau scientifically important?

2. What does Quammen say the indri's future looks like?

3. What ecosystem does Wallace distinguish from ecosystems that developed in isolation?

4. How did the data from Krakatau match Wilson and MacArthur's predictions?

5. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

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