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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What country are the Lascaux Cave Paintings in?
(a) United Kingdom.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.
2. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Chicago Science Center.
(b) The Orlando Science Center.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Atlanta Science Center.
3. What rating does Green give the song "You'll Never Walk Alone"?
(a) 1 star.
(b) 2 stars.
(c) 4 and a half stars.
(d) 5 stars.
4. 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 colder.
(c) It has gotten hotter.
(d) He does not mention the weather in this section.
5. What rating does Green give human temporal range?
(a) 1 star.
(b) 5 stars.
(c) 3 stars.
(d) 4 stars.
6. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) The reviews were too short.
(b) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(c) They were very poignant.
(d) The reviews were accurate.
7. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?
(a) Mount Rushmore.
(b) Mount Washington.
(c) Disney World.
(d) Six Flags Adventure.
8. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?
(a) 2381.
(b) 2061.
(c) 2261.
(d) 2181.
9. 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) AOL Teen Live.
(b) CompuServe Teen Forum.
(c) MTV Teen in the House.
(d) Horror Story Fans.
10. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?
(a) His parents.
(b) His best friend and roommate, Todd.
(c) His brother Hank.
(d) His favorite teacher.
11. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
(a) Five hundred thousand years.
(b) Three billion years.
(c) One billion years.
(d) One million years.
12. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?
(a) Hasbro.
(b) Ravensburger Toys.
(c) FAO Schwartz.
(d) Ideal Toys.
13. Which soccer player did the player whose performance Green reviews in this section mimic to bring his team the championship?
(a) Pele.
(b) Bruce Grobbelaar.
(c) Escobar.
(d) Henry Simpson.
14. When does the story of Diet Dr. Pepper begin, according to Green?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1920.
15. How old was Green when he began participating in the Academic Decathlon in his review on the same subject?
(a) About 14 or 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Green once tell a girlfriend in college was his biggest fear?
2. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?
3. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
4. What original form did this book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, take?
5. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
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