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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. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?
(a) They had been told if they said the name, their parents would punish them.
(b) They feared saying the name would summon a bear.
(c) They did not have a word for bear.
(d) Bears were too sacred in their cultures to say their name.

2. Which soccer player did the player whose performance Green reviews in this section mimic to bring his team the championship?
(a) Bruce Grobbelaar.
(b) Henry Simpson.
(c) Escobar.
(d) Pele.

3. What effect does seeing Canada geese in his yard have on Green?
(a) They give him a sense of anxiety.
(b) They give him a sense of nature in the suburbs.
(c) They give him a sense of suspicion.
(d) They make him angry.

4. 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) Horror Story Fans.
(d) MTV Teen in the House.

5. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?
(a) Ideal Toys.
(b) Hasbro.
(c) FAO Schwartz.
(d) Ravensburger Toys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What original form did this book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, take?

2. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?

3. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?

4. How many stars does Green give Canada geese?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Green say he often consults his brother Hank when something is bothering him?

2. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

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

4. What does Green think of the Hall of Presidents at Disney World?

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

6. What did F. Scott Fitzgerald think of the reviews of his book The Great Gatsby?

7. What difficulties did Green struggle with as an adolescent?

8. What does Green say would have happened to him before about 1940 if he had gotten the same Staph infection he got some years ago?

9. How does air-conditioning highlight matters of wealth and climate inequality?

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

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