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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 54, "You'll Never Walk Alone" to "Velociraptors").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
(a) Five hundred thousand years.
(b) Three billion years.
(c) One billion years.
(d) One million years.

2. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?
(a) 2181.
(b) 2261.
(c) 2061.
(d) 2381.

3. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(b) The reviews were too short.
(c) They were very poignant.
(d) The reviews were accurate.

4. When was the Tyrannosaurus rex first named?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1999.

5. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sell in a typical year in at the time of this book's publication in 2021?
(a) 8,000,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What items did Green find particularly comforting to look over when he was being bullied at school as a child?

3. What country are the Lascaux Cave Paintings in?

4. When does the story of Diet Dr. Pepper begin, according to Green?

5. Where did Green once work as a student chaplain?

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