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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. How many stars does Green give to Diet Dr. Pepper?
(a) 5.
(b) 3 and 1/2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. What did Green once tell a girlfriend in college was his biggest fear?
(a) Illness.
(b) Death.
(c) Abandonment.
(d) Failure.

3. 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) 1,000,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 8,000,000.

4. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Food shortages.
(d) Political division.

5. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Celestial bodies.
(b) Waterways.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?

2. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?

3. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?

4. Why was the Lascaux Cave closed to the public eventually?

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

(see the answer key)

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