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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 is the tone of Quammen's writing in the opening chapter?
(a) Bellicose.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Morose.

2. What does Quammen say makes his field important?
(a) Because it has predicted recent phenomena.
(b) Because island ecosystems are a good metaphor for ecosystems as a whole.
(c) Because it is holistic and global in scope.
(d) Because it accounts for events other fields cannot account for.

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

4. Who is Owen Griffiths?
(a) An insect researcher in Madagascar.
(b) A sailor from the 18th century.
(c) A monkey researcher in Mauritius.
(d) A bird researcher in Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?

2. What does a species have if it has high dispersal ability?

3. What was the special creation theory?

4. When did Krakatau erupt?

5. What evidence did Wallace site to suggest problems with the special creation theory?

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