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

2. What was Quammen told to find, in order to observe this species?
(a) The cliffs where they perched.
(b) The burrows where they lived.
(c) The lakes where they built nests.
(d) The tree where they gathered.

3. What was Lovejoy's strategy in his plan?
(a) To import animals into nature reserves.
(b) Count the number of species in rainforest islands.
(c) To exterminate all animals in an area and study how the area was repopulated.
(d) To diminish the size of nature reserves and track the number of species over time.

4. How does Quammen describe the indri?
(a) Amicable.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Reclusive.
(d) Extroverted.

5. What is an indri?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A lemur.
(d) A turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen's visit to Aru compare with Wallace's?

2. Who confirmed to Quammen that this site in fact existed?

3. What factors did Simberloff and Abele cite in their challenge to Wilson and MacArthur's hypothesis?

4. Where does Quammen say the theory of island ecology now applies?

5. What objection did Simberloff and Abele raise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion dis scientists reach in the Texas case?

2. Where was Quammen sent, in order to find what he was looking for?

3. What does Quammen say about applying the case of the Mauritius kestrel to other species?

4. How do genetics play a role in the minimum viable population?

5. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

6. How does Quammen describe the indri?

7. What did people argue over in the wake of Simberloff and Abele's 1976 article?

8. Who was Thomas Lovejoy, and what was his reaction to the debate Simberloff and Abele began?

9. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?

10. What was the practical example of species management Quammen cited from Texas?

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