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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?
(a) A species travesty.
(b) An observable phenomena.
(c) A timeline to doomsday.
(d) A ticking time bomb to the world's end.

2. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) The Great Plains.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) Galápagos.
(d) The Arctic.

3. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?
(a) ChefCarp.
(b) CarpFest.
(c) Carp - All You Can Eat!
(d) Carpapaloosa.

4. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?
(a) Steven King’s It.
(b) Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice.
(c) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine.

5. What is a suppression drive?
(a) A gene drive that makes all recessive genes dominant.
(b) A gene drive that kills off a species.
(c) A gene drive that suppresses one’s immune system.
(d) A gene drive that would overpower natural selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Paul Thomas?

2. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?

3. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?

4. Are gene drives always beneficial for the species?

5. Why was the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure created?

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