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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?
(a) An isolate does not have a relation with a larger area.
(b) Samples are only statistically related to larger environments.
(c) Trends in an isolate can be applied to larger areas.
(d) A sample is only representative of itself.

2. What kinds of animals did Philip Darlington look at?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Reptiles.
(c) Insects.
(d) Birds.

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

4. How did sailors describe the dodo?
(a) Swift.
(b) Cagey.
(c) Canny.
(d) Stupid.

5. How does Quammen describe the komodo dragon's territory?
(a) As inseparable from the islands where it developed.
(b) As an island within an island.
(c) As any environment that satisfies its survival requirements.
(d) As the whole history of its development in the ecosystem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?

2. What were the first plants to arrive after the eruption of Krakatau?

3. Where is Krakatau?

4. What function does the first chapter serve?

5. What belief of Darwin's has modern science disproved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is trophic cascade?

2. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample, according to Quammen?

3. What does Quammen use the island of Tasmania as an example of?

4. What factors have effectively broken the Persian rug of nature into pieces, according to Quammen?

5. What was the understanding about the variety of life forms before the theory of evolution came along?

6. What is the first explanation Quammen offers for the relationship between island size and species count?

7. What practical assertion does Quammen say Frank Preston made based on his findings?

8. What are the different terms Quammen describes for how people have accounted for the degradation of ecosystems?

9. What was MacArthur and Wilson's contribution to island biogeography?

10. What example does Quammen draw from the island of Guam?

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