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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Krakatau?
(a) Malay Archipelago.
(b) Japan.
(c) Italy.
(d) Tunisia.
2. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?
(a) An indirect proportion to represent commonness of species.
(b) A direct proportion to represent commonness of species.
(c) A bell curve to represent commonness of species.
(d) A random relationship between size of island and commonness of species.
3. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Mosses and ferns.
(c) Grasses.
(d) Lichens.
4. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.
(b) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.
(c) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.
(d) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
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 is theoretical, now.
(d) It can still be reassembled.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?
2. Who did Robert Bates work with?
3. What does Quammen say an island is?
4. How did sailors describe the dodo?
5. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first explanation Quammen offers for the relationship between island size and species count?
2. What example does Quammen draw from the island of Guam?
3. What does Quammen say about the overall pattern of the Persian rug?
4. What concept did Wallace develop in the Malay Archipelago?
5. What findings of Michael Soule's does Quammen cite at the end of Chapter 4, "Rarity Unto Death"?
6. What examples does Quammen cite of species changing size on islands?
7. What practical assertion does Quammen say Frank Preston made based on his findings?
8. What was the understanding about the variety of life forms before the theory of evolution came along?
9. When did the field of island biogeography begin?
10. Who is Philip Darlington, and what was his contribution to the discussion of island size and species count?
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