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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 does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?
(a) Smaller territories.
(b) Larger food supply.
(c) Larger predators.
(d) Smaller food supply.

2. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?
(a) They both studied birds.
(b) They both studied island ecosystems.
(c) They both found hostile responses to their work.
(d) They both collected insects and primates.

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

4. What ecosystem does Wallace distinguish from ecosystems that developed in isolation?
(a) Ecosystems that were simplified over time.
(b) Ecosystems that had been part of a larger land mass, but broke away.
(c) Ecosystems where great complexity developed out of local conditions.
(d) Ecosystems where people had introduced new species.

5. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Extended metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?

2. What does Quammen interject into his historical narrative about ecosystem studies?

3. What does Quammen say about each of the pieces?

4. What literary device describes the questions David Quammen asks about the rug?

5. What is the literary term that describes Quammen's addressing the reader directly?

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