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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. Who has long been discredited as a bourgeois capitalist running-dog lackey, according to the chapter Blind Panic?

2. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic of China?

3. Mark's Epilogue explains that for millions of years, on average, ________ species became extinct every century.

4. What was the strange person carrying with them in the beginning of the story the Sibylline books?

5. Carl Jones expresses that he hates ________ in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Carl Jones and Richard Lewis' s first obsession as seen in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

2. Discuss the Tiananmen Square as described by Adams in the chapter Blind Panic.

3. According to the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, what happened to Reunion Island? Explain.

4. Analyze and describe Professor Zhou.

5. Analyze the two new species of lemur found in Madagascar, according to the chapter Mark's Epilogue.

6. Explain what happened to the Passenger pigeon according to Mark Carwardine.

7. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.

8. Explain Carl Jones's character according to Adams in Rare, or Medium Rare.

9. What is Mark Carwardine's response to the question: "Does it really matter if the Yangtze river dolphin, or the kakapo, or the northern white rhino, or any other species live on only in scientists' notebooks?"

10. What two odd things did Adams find about the music he heard while in China? Explain.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that exhibits how tourists affect Douglas Adams' views on nature. Why must governments accept tourism in protected areas? Provide specific examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Clearly identify the connection between the term "assumptions" and the chapter Blind Panic.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the significance of the chapter titled Blind Panic to the overall meaning of Last Chance to See.

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