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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sell in a typical year in at the time of this book's publication in 2021?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 8,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?

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

3. How many Canada Geese are estimated to be in the world today?

4. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?

5. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What particular aspect of human existence does Green associate sunsets with that he says is hard to admit and that scares him?

2. What connection does the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" have to Green's favorite sports team in Part I?

3. What is the paradox of air-conditioning, according to Green?

4. What misconceptions does Green say most people have about velociraptors?

5. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?

6. What is one of the big mysteries around Halley's Comet, according to Green?

7. What misconception about lemmings does Green discuss in the essay "Penguins of Madagascar"?

8. What does Green's brother Hank tell him about the coronavirus pandemic that unnerves Green?

9. In the Introduction, what does Green say this book started life as?

10. When Green first started using the internet as an adolescent, how did he feel about it?

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