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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through World in Pieces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Philip Darlington propose?
(a) A set of exceptions to this rule.
(b) A correction that makes this rule broadly applicable.
(c) A set of formula that measure biodiversity.
(d) A mathematical ratio between island area and number of species.

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

3. What factors did Simberloff and Abele cite in their challenge to Wilson and MacArthur's hypothesis?
(a) Competition dispersal ability and number of species.
(b) Size change and relictualism.
(c) Competition and adaptation.
(d) Adaptive radiation and endemism.

4. What was going to happen to the species' habitat as the Texas plan was implemented?
(a) Habitat was going to be paved over.
(b) Habitat was going to be divided.
(c) Habitat was going to be conserved but with development on three sides.
(d) Habitat was going to be conserved at the edge of a development.

5. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 36.
(d) 144.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an indri?

2. What is a thylacine?

3. What does Quammen say about the overall pattern on this hypothetical rug?

4. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?

5. What condition would help a species breed out harmful genes?

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