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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 David Quammen invoke as he describes cutting the rug?
(a) The outrage of the rug weavers.
(b) The dissolution of the design.
(c) The despair of the threads.
(d) The joy of the scissors.

2. Where did Quammen go to study temrecs?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Galapagos.

3. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?
(a) Foster.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Quammen.
(d) Darwin.

4. Who did Robert Bates work with?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Quammen.

5. What literary term describes Quammen's use of the image of the Persian rug?
(a) Personification.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quammen say makes animals smaller on islands?

2. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?

3. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?

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

5. Where is Krakatau?

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