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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Coming Thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?
(a) Mountaintop ecosystems.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) The komodo dragon's territory.
(d) Yellowstone national park.

2. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?
(a) Survival of the fittest.
(b) Island biogeography.
(c) Functional adaptation.
(d) Ecosystem collapse.

3. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?
(a) Mosses and ferns.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Lichens.

4. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
(a) It was a book that changed things.
(b) Its effect was not felt for years.
(c) It was practically unnoticed.
(d) It was doubted at the time it was published.

5. Where did Wallace travel after the Amazon?
(a) Galapagos islands.
(b) Australia.
(c) Palestine.
(d) The Malay Archipelago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

2. What was the previous theory that governed speciation on islands?

3. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?

4. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

5. What were theories of species evolution based on in Wallace's time?

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