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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So Huge A Bignes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Fiction.

2. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Technical and precise.
(b) Off-hand.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Sophisticated.

3. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?
(a) Personification.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Indirect discourse.

4. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?
(a) With Darwin.
(b) With Alfred Wallace.
(c) With Quammen.
(d) With MacArthur and Wilson.

5. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?
(a) Seismic upthrust.
(b) Rise in sea level.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Volcanic activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?

2. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?

3. What does David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?

4. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?

5. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?

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