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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 was Lovejoy's response to the questions Simberloff and Abele raised?
2. What factors did Simberloff and Abele cite in their challenge to Wilson and MacArthur's hypothesis?
3. How does Quammen distinguish the Mauritius kestrel from other species that might need to be saved?
4. Who had performed research in Aru?
5. Who is Bedo?
Short Essay Questions
1. What data did Simberloff and Abele deploy in challenging this theory?
2. What did Lovejoy find in his studies on this question?
3. What is the concept of the minimum viable population?
4. What was the effect of 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography', according to Quammen?
5. What did MacArthur and Wilson argue in 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
6. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?
7. What did people argue over in the wake of Simberloff and Abele's 1976 article?
8. Why did Quammen choose Aru as the destination for his final chapter?
9. Who was Thomas Lovejoy, and what was his reaction to the debate Simberloff and Abele began?
10. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Debate the proposition that human beings have an obligation to conserve as much land as possible, and to keep as many species as possible safe from extinction due to human development.
Essay Topic 2
What is Quammen's conclusion in the debate over the size of nature reserves? Does he support building small or large reserves? How does he arrive at his conclusion?
Essay Topic 3
Write a review of Quammen's 'The Song of the Dodo'. What does the book do, and what does it fail to do? What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? Would you recommend it? What would you recommend it for?
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