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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Tyrannosaurus rex first named?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1940.

2. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sold in a year by around 1960?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

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

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

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

6. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) A mother and her children out on a picnic.
(b) A soldier who was lost.
(c) Four teenagers and a dog.
(d) A team of anthropologists.

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

8. Whose name is the phrase "Teddy Bear" derived from?
(a) Teddy Clark.
(b) Teddy Kennedy.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Teddy Ruckspin.

9. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?
(a) The Human Capacity for Wonder.
(b) The internet.
(c) Sunsets.
(d) Dogs.

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

11. 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 stayed the same.
(b) It has gotten hotter.
(c) It has gotten colder.
(d) He does not mention the weather in this section.

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

13. What does Green say his friend Stan Muller tells him in Green's review of the internet?
(a) When you are living in the middle of history, you never know what it means.
(b) Plan for the future.
(c) The internet is the worst thing to ever happen to humans.
(d) Live for today.

14. What does Green say the teddy bear is a reminder of?
(a) The ways in which misconceptions are perpetuated.
(b) The comfort of a parent's gift on Christmas morning.
(c) The wonders of childhood.
(d) The astonishing power of contemporary humanity.

15. How many Canada Geese are estimated to be in the world today?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 4 - 6 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green give velociraptors?

2. What effect does seeing Canada geese in his yard have on Green?

3. 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?

4. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?

5. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?

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