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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. How does Quammen describe the efforts of other scientists?
(a) Insufficient.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Holistic.
(d) Partial.

2. How would you describe Quammen's style?
(a) Linear.
(b) Patient and thorough.
(c) Disjointed.
(d) Pedantic.

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

4. Who does Quammen say typically collected insects?
(a) The most devoted scientists.
(b) Ambitious young Americans.
(c) Hunters in the Amazon.
(d) Wealthy Brits.

5. What function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Introduction.
(b) Prediction.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Explanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?

2. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?

3. How does Quammen find fault with other scientists studying extinctions?

4. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

5. What is the genre of The Song of the Dodo?

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