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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 169 - 222, "The Indianapolis 500" - "Wintry Mix").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of stores did the Piggly Wiggly push out of business?
(a) Big-box retailers.
(b) Iron mines.
(c) Shoe stores.
(d) Small general stores.

3. Which toy company produces Monopoly?
(a) Ideal Toys.
(b) Wright.
(c) Ravensburger.
(d) Hasbro.

4. Who discovered Staphylococcus?
(a) Alexander Ogston.
(b) Watson Henry.
(c) Joseph Lister.
(d) James Payne.

5. What rating does Green give human temporal range?
(a) 1 star.
(b) 5 stars.
(c) 4 stars.
(d) 3 stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?

2. What serious illness did Green contract in 2014?

3. What is one of the most disturbing aspects of the Plague years, according to Green?

4. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?

5. Which kind of organisms tend to have shorter temporal ranges than simple ones?

(see the answer key)

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