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

2. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt's.
(b) Cleopatra's.
(c) Winston Churchill's.
(d) Mark Twain's.

3. Who was the hunting guide who wounded the bear in 1902 that indirectly gave rise to the name "Teddy Bear"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Randall Winston.
(c) Duncan Henry.
(d) Holt Collier.

4. What has happened to the weather over the last 100 years or so, as Green mentions in his essay on Air-Conditioning?
(a) It has gotten colder.
(b) It has stayed the same.
(c) He does not mention the weather in this section.
(d) It has gotten hotter.

5. How many stars does Green give the teddy bear?
(a) 5.
(b) Two and a half.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet does Green excerpt a poem from in his review on sunsets?

2. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?

3. What country was the soccer player whose performance Green reviews in this section originally from?

4. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?

5. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?

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