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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Quammen describe about Bedo?
2. How does Quammen distinguish the Mauritius kestrel from other species that might need to be saved?
3. What does Quammen say is distinctive about the indri?
4. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?
5. What was Lovejoy's strategy in his plan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conclusion dis scientists reach in the Texas case?
2. How did Quammen get to Aru?
3. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?
4. What did Simberloff and Abele propose as a result of their data?
5. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?
6. What does Quammen say about applying the case of the Mauritius kestrel to other species?
7. What other ecosystems function as islands and show the same properties of species population and diversity as islands, according to Quammen?
8. What is the definition of 'viable' in Quammen's account?
9. What factors affected the populations on an island, according to 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
10. What did MacArthur and Wilson argue in 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Quammen consistent from the beginning of 'The Song of the Dodo' to the end? What expectations does he establish in the beginning? Does he fulfill them, over the course of the book? Does he abandon or sidestep the question of conservation in his discussion of methods of analysis and study?
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 3
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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