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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. How did Quammen make his way to this site?
(a) By ascending a rope.
(b) By descending into a cave.
(c) On foot.
(d) By boat.

2. What human actions make island biogeography applicable in this new location?
(a) Development of reservoirs for water supplies.
(b) Expansion of cities.
(c) Division of ecosystems.
(d) Suburban sprawl.

3. Where does Quammen say the theory of island ecology now applies?
(a) In microclimates.
(b) In the mainlands as well.
(c) In caves.
(d) In mountainous regions.

4. What national disaster destroyed kestrel habitat in Mauritius?
(a) A cyclone.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A tsunami.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory did Dan Simberloff and Lawrence Abele challenge in an article?

2. What was the state of the muriqui population when Quammen visited Karen Strier?

3. What was the species Quammen sought called by locals?

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

5. What is a minimum viable population?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

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

3. What did Lovejoy find in his studies on this question?

4. What is the concept of the minimum viable population?

5. What was the effect of 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography', according to Quammen?

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

7. How does Quammen describe the indri?

8. What factors affected the populations on an island, according to 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

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

10. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

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