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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 55 - 112, "Canada Geese" to "Penguins of Madagascar").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does the story of Diet Dr. Pepper begin, according to Green?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1920.

3. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sold in a year by around 1960?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?
(a) The Associated Press.
(b) The Smock Foundation.
(c) The American Library Association.
(d) The U.S. Council on Books in Wartime.

5. What word did Green and his friends use to connote artificiality during his teenage years?
(a) Hard.
(b) Frightful.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Lame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?

2. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

3. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?

4. What genre does Green draw connections with to reviews?

5. What original form did this book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, take?

(see the answer key)

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