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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the play Liliom that debuted in Budapest in 1909?
(a) Ferenc Molnar.
(b) Rodger Hammerstein.
(c) Ted Henry.
(d) Vlolak Djokovic.

2. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Chicago Science Center.
(b) The Atlanta Science Center.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Orlando Science Center.

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

4. 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) 1,000,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

5. Where did Green get a Staphylococcus aureus infection several years before writing the book?
(a) In his brain.
(b) In his hand.
(c) In his eye.
(d) In his ankle.

6. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

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

8. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) How many books were in the office.
(b) Office temperature.
(c) Whether or not there were snacks available.
(d) How much caffeine workers consumed.

9. What was one of the top of the 10 things that Green said scared him on the podcast "10 Things That Scare Me"?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Jell-O.
(c) Deer.
(d) A global pandemic.

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

11. How many stars does Green give velociraptors?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

12. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
(a) Wine.
(b) Coke.
(c) Beer.
(d) Diet Dr. Pepper.

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

14. What rating does Green give the song "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
(a) 2 stars.
(b) 5 stars.
(c) 4 and a half stars.
(d) 1 star.

15. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?
(a) FAO Schwartz.
(b) Ravensburger Toys.
(c) Ideal Toys.
(d) Hasbro.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?

3. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?

4. How many stars does green award to the Hall of Presidents?

5. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?

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