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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preston's Bell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What population does Quammen compare with the thylacine population?
(a) The Komodo dragon.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
(c) The indigenous people of Tasmania.
(d) The dodo.

2. How would you describe Quammen's vocabulary?
(a) Familiar.
(b) Technical and precise.
(c) Off-hand.
(d) Sophisticated.

3. What important book did Robert McArthur and Edward Wilson publish in 1967?
(a) 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'.
(b) 'The Selfish Gene'.
(c) 'The Origin of Species'.
(d) 'The Mismeasure of Man'.

4. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?
(a) A random relationship between size of island and commonness of species.
(b) An indirect proportion to represent commonness of species.
(c) A bell curve to represent commonness of species.
(d) A direct proportion to represent commonness of species.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Krakatau?

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

3. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

4. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

5. What does Michael Soule study?

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