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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "The Human Price".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.
(a) Nature
(b) Pests
(c) Dangerous chemicals
(d) Insects

2. Due to pollution in its environment, this kind of bird has suffered from extensive population reduction and sterility issues.
(a) Hawk
(b) Buzzard
(c) Eagle
(d) Hummingbird

3. What was the widespread Canadian spraying program designed to control the population of?
(a) Bacteria levels in the water
(b) Salmon
(c) Spruce budworm
(d) Pond spiders

4. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.
(a) Tourists
(b) Animals
(c) Water
(d) Insects

5. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.
(a) Arsenic
(b) Wild orange oil
(c) DDT
(d) Corn crops

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?

2. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.

3. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

4. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.

5. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.

(see the answer key)

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