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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. How many individuals were thought to be required for long-term genetic adaptability?
(a) 500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.
2. What did this species do in the location where Quammen was told to look for them?
(a) Migrated.
(b) Hibernated.
(c) Mated.
(d) Fed.
3. What distinguished this species for Quammen? Wallace had discovered it there a hundred years ago. Darwin had developed his theory of evolve from observing it. Englishmen had lost their fortunes hunting for specimens.
(a) Darwin had developed his theory of evolve from observing it.
(b) Its feathers had been used for decorating hats in Europe for fifty years.
(c) Wallace had discovered it there a hundred years ago.
(d) Englishmen had lost their fortunes hunting for specimens.
4. What is a minimum viable population?
(a) The number of individuals necessary to sustain a population.
(b) The minimum number of acres necessary to preserve a population.
(c) The minimum number of offspring that need to be born in each brood to sustain the population.
(d) The minimum rate of increase to preserve the genetic health of a population.
5. When did Wilson and MacArthur publish 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1963.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why, according to Quammen, is the theory of equilibrium important to science?
2. What factor did NOT cause the decline of the kestrel population?
3. What does Quammen describe about Bedo?
4. What national disaster destroyed kestrel habitat in Mauritius?
5. Who is Bedo?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?
2. What did MacArthur and Wilson argue in 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?
3. How did Quammen get to Aru?
4. Why did Quammen choose Aru as the destination for his final chapter?
5. What was Quammen looking for at Aru?
6. What is the definition of 'viable' in Quammen's account?
7. What did Lovejoy find in his studies on this question?
8. What conclusion dis scientists reach in the Texas case?
9. Who was Thomas Lovejoy, and what was his reaction to the debate Simberloff and Abele began?
10. What does Quammen say about applying the case of the Mauritius kestrel to other species?
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