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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 tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?
(a) He lost his specimens and notes in a shipwreck.
(b) Someone else arrived in England a few weeks before him with similar specimens.
(c) He became sick and nearly died.
(d)

2. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?
(a) Loss of communication from one region to the next.
(b) Loss of environment to development.
(c) Fragmented ecosystems.
(d) The spread of pathogens.

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

4. What question does Quammen say was debated for years after Darwin's theories were published?
(a) Whether he owed Wallace for the material he borrowed.
(b) Whether he developed the theory of evolution on his own.
(c) Whether he stole his work from Wallace.
(d) Whether he acted honorably toward Wallace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen says Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace had in common?

2. What family does Quammen say hippopotamuses and deer belong to?

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

4. What assumption does Quammen make at the end of his introductory chapter?

5. What was the special creation theory?

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