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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 is the tone of the final chapter?

2. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

3. Why, according to Quammen, is the theory of equilibrium important to science?

4. What is the tone of the ending of the book?

5. What was going to happen to the species' habitat as the Texas plan was implemented?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?

2. What is Quammen doing at the end of the book?

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

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

5. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

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

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

8. What note does Quammen end 'The Song of the Dodo' on?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of 'The Song of the Dodo'. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Quammen minimize Darwin's accomplishment as the founder of the theory of evolution? What does he benefit by debunking Darwin's accomplishment? Is it attraction to the underdog position, do you think? Was Wallace rely a superior scientist? Is Quammen just being contentious?

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