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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 114 - 168, "Piggly Wiggly" to "Kentucky Bluegrass").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one main reason for the large-scale shift in human geography, according to Green?
(a) Animal migration.
(b) Where churches are built.
(c) Financial markets.
(d) Air-conditioning.

2. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Langston Hughes.

3. Where did Green grow up?
(a) Orlando, Florida.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) New York, New York.

4. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?
(a) Ideal Toys.
(b) FAO Schwartz.
(c) Ravensburger Toys.
(d) Hasbro.

5. Why was the Lascaux Cave closed to the public eventually?
(a) The cave was being used by animals for their nests.
(b) The cave was flooded.
(c) The government started charging admission and there was a legal dispute.
(d) People's viewing of the paintings was destroying them with mold and wear and tear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Staphylococcus?

2. Who were the original makers of the first teddy bear, according to Green?

3. How many stars does Green give the teddy bear?

4. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?

5. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?

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