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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Whether or not there were snacks available.
(c) Office temperature.
(d) How much caffeine workers consumed.

3. Who took ownership of the site of the Lascaux Cave Paintings after WWII?
(a) The U.S. Government.
(b) The Swiss government.
(c) The French government.
(d) The German government.

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

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

6. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) They were very poignant.
(b) The reviews were accurate.
(c) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(d) The reviews were too short.

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

8. 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?
(a) Horror Story Fans.
(b) MTV Teen in the House.
(c) AOL Teen Live.
(d) CompuServe Teen Forum.

9. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?
(a) Death.
(b) Failure.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Geese.

10. What did Todd once tell Green about his thoughts on rivers when they sat near one once as teenagers in the review on Academic Decathlon?
(a) They are mystical.
(b) They are worthless.
(c) They keep going.
(d) They are essential to human life.

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

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

13. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Sympathy for the Devil.
(c) You'll Never Walk Alone.
(d) Hold My Hand.

14. What original form did this book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, take?
(a) Television show.
(b) Podcast.
(c) E-Newsletter.
(d) Movie.

15. How many stars does green award to the Hall of Presidents?
(a) 4 and a half.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country are the Lascaux Cave Paintings in?

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

4. How many stars does Green give the teddy bear?

5. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

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