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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Orlando Science Center.
(b) The Chicago Science Center.
(c) The Atlanta Science Center.
(d) San Francisco.

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

6. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Animals.
(c) Waterways.
(d) Celestial bodies.

7. 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 keep going.
(c) They are essential to human life.
(d) They are worthless.

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

9. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?
(a) John.
(b) Hank.
(c) Jim.
(d) Michael.

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

11. What movie's opening sequence does Green improbably say is one of the best film moments of all time?
(a) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
(b) Penguins of Madagascar.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) Indiana Jones.

12. How many stars does Green give air-conditioning?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

13. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) How much caffeine workers consumed.
(b) How many books were in the office.
(c) Whether or not there were snacks available.
(d) Office temperature.

14. What is one main reason for the large-scale shift in human geography, according to Green?
(a) Financial markets.
(b) Where churches are built.
(c) Air-conditioning.
(d) Animal migration.

15. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?
(a) Cats.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bears.
(d) Lemmings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?

2. What was one of the top of the 10 things that Green said scared him on the podcast "10 Things That Scare Me"?

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

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

5. Which poet does Green excerpt a poem from in his review on sunsets?

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