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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why were people cutting down the forests in the place where Lovejoy implemented his plan?
2. What does Quammen say about Wilson and Macarthur's 'The Theory of Island Biogeography'?
3. Which theory is Quammen supporting when he cites the work of William Newmark?
4. How does Quammen's tone change in the final chapter?
5. What was the state of Lovejoy's plan when Quammen visited the sites with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Quammen choose Aru as the destination for his final chapter?
2. What did Lovejoy find in his studies on this question?
3. How does Quammen describe Bedo's death?
4. What theory did Simberloff and Abele challenge in a 1976 article?
5. What is Quammen doing at the end of the book?
6. Where was Quammen sent, in order to find what he was looking for?
7. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?
8. What did people argue over in the wake of Simberloff and Abele's 1976 article?
9. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?
10. What is the concept of the minimum viable population?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Quammen consistent from the beginning of 'The Song of the Dodo' to the end? What expectations does he establish in the beginning? Does he fulfill them, over the course of the book? Does he abandon or sidestep the question of conservation in his discussion of methods of analysis and study?
Essay Topic 2
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 3
Write a review of Quammen's 'The Song of the Dodo'. What does the book do, and what does it fail to do? What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? Would you recommend it? What would you recommend it for?
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