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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?
(a) Makes him cry.
(b) Steals the words from him.
(c) Makes him remember those he has lost.
(d) Makes him angry.

4. 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 stayed the same.
(d) It has gotten hotter.

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

6. What was the name of Green's dog who he writes about in his review of sunsets?
(a) Rick.
(b) Willy.
(c) Henley.
(d) Bob.

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

8. Why was the Lascaux Cave closed to the public eventually?
(a) The cave was being used by animals for their nests.
(b) The cave was flooded.
(c) The government started charging admission and there was a legal dispute.
(d) People's viewing of the paintings was destroying them with mold and wear and tear.

9. What word did Green and his friends use to connote artificiality during his teenage years?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Frightful.
(c) Hard.
(d) Lame.

10. 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) 2,000,000.
(d) 8,000,000.

11. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
(a) One million years.
(b) Three billion years.
(c) Five hundred thousand years.
(d) One billion years.

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

13. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?
(a) Escobar.
(b) Pele.
(c) Jerry Hines.
(d) Jerzy Dudek.

14. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?
(a) September 1940.
(b) June 1942.
(c) August 1944.
(d) May 1941.

15. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?
(a) As being like fertilizer.
(b) As being like grass.
(c) As being anxiety-inducing.
(d) As being more acidic than it is now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?

2. What genre does Green draw connections with to reviews?

3. Which soccer player did the player whose performance Green reviews in this section mimic to bring his team the championship?

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

5. What group did Green first participate in on the internet when he first began using it in his review of the internet in this section?

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