I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz

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Bryson nostalgically describes the movie theater where he grew up. Where is his home town? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

Montgomery, Alabama.

Des Moines, Iowa.

Dearborn, Michigan.

Richford, Vermont.

According to Bryson, what is the result of the "abundance of choice" in America? (from The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already)

A lot of happy people.

A lot of rich business owners.

A simple way of life.

A lot of time wasted.

What surprising statistic does Bryson share about the number of lawyers in America? (from Hail to the Chief, Lost in Cyberland, Your Tax Form Explained, Book Tours, The Waste Generation, A Slight Inconvenience, At the Drive-In, Drowning in Red Tape, Life's Mysteries and So Sue Me)

There is a shortage of them.

There is 1 lawyer for every 1,000 people.

There are more of them in the United States than the rest of the world put together.

There is 1 lawyer for every 1,000,000 people.

How many "new" consumer products does Bryson say are launched every year in the United States? (from The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already)

2,000.

250,000.

25,000.

2 million.

What does Bryson say about computer energy consumption at the beginning of "The Waste Generation"? (from Hail to the Chief, Lost in Cyberland, Your Tax Form Explained, Book Tours, The Waste Generation, A Slight Inconvenience, At the Drive-In, Drowning in Red Tape, Life's Mysteries and So Sue Me)

That a lot of energy is consumed by computers left on at night.

That computer use should be restricted to a few hours a day.

That computer users need to be educated.

That computer manufacturers could fix the high consumption very easily.