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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who were the original makers of the first teddy bear, according to Green?
(a) The Wright Brothers.
(b) Morris and Rose Mitchom.
(c) Chris and Angstron Harlow.
(d) Henderson Toy company.

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

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

5. What book and movie popularized but also led to misconceptions about velociraptors?
(a) Paleontologists.
(b) Dinos!
(c) Jurassic Park.
(d) Large Teeth.

6. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?
(a) 4 and a half.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. What class of drugs are usually used to treat Staphylococcus infections?
(a) Narcotics.
(b) Beta blockers.
(c) Anti-virals.
(d) Antibiotics.

8. Who discovered penicillin?
(a) Alexander Fleming.
(b) James Ogston.
(c) Joseph Listerine.
(d) Rosalind Franklin.

9. How many stars does Green award to Staphylococcus aureus?
(a) 4.
(b) 2 and a half.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

10. Which poet does Green excerpt a poem from in his review on sunsets?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) E.E. Cummings.

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

12. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?
(a) We are all tired.
(b) Onward!
(c) Take heart.
(d) Live your life.

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

14. What publication did Green write some of his earliest reviews for?
(a) Booklist.
(b) Napster.
(c) The Bookster.
(d) Publisher's Weekly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?

2. Whose name is the phrase "Teddy Bear" derived from?

3. How many stars does Green give velociraptors?

4. When was the Tyrannosaurus rex first named?

5. How old was Green when he began participating in the Academic Decathlon in his review on the same subject?

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