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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plays a significant role in the outcome of the video game Green reviews in Part IV?
(a) Whether or not someone has just eaten.
(b) Luck.
(c) The lighting in the room.
(d) The quality of the console.

2. Which pitcher does Green profile briefly in his review of the yips?
(a) Armando Catillo.
(b) Rick Ankiel.
(c) Rick Robe.
(d) Nolan Ryan.

3. Who wrote the song Auld Lang Syne?
(a) Robert Burns.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Rick Astley.
(d) Mick Jagger.

4. What is the largest nonreligious gathering of humans on earth every year, according to Green?
(a) The New York City Marathon.
(b) The Indianapolis 500.
(c) Coachella.
(d) Burning Man.

5. Which poet does Green cite in his review of Plague?
(a) Clint Smith.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

6. How many stars does Green award to Kentucky Bluegrass?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3 and a half.

7. Who said "Very little in history is inevitable," as Green cites this person in his review of Plague?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Hellen Keller.

8. What was the first version of Monopoly actually named?
(a) The Landlord's Game.
(b) The Fire.
(c) The Screecher.
(d) The Boardwalk.

9. How many stars does Green give to CNN?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. Who was one of Green's roommates in 2003 who was glued to CNN while America Invaded Iraq?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Hassan.
(d) Jennifer.

11. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?
(a) He grew more suspicious.
(b) He grew more generous.
(c) He mellowed.
(d) He grew more vitriolic and unpredictable.

12. Who launched CNN?
(a) Rupert Murdoch.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Richard Rodark.
(d) Ted Turner.

13. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

14. Where did Green first see Doi's ink drawings for the first time?
(a) At the American Fold Art Museum's show about obsessive drawing in 2006.
(b) At the Guggenheim Museum in 2019.
(c) At the Hirshorn Museum in 2017.
(d) At the Tate Modern Museum in 2010.

15. Why does Green like signing his name?
(a) He finds it relaxing.
(b) He likes to change the way he writes his signature.
(c) His father told him it was smart to practice singing his name and that it would increase his own intelligence.
(d) It reminds him of his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Green identify as one of his very easygoing friends in his review of whispering?

2. How many stars does Green award to whispering?

3. How does Green usually get to the Indianapolis 500?

4. In his review of Plague, what years were the worst for that disease in terms of recorded deaths, according to Green?

5. Who does Green write about often playing video games with as an adult?

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