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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. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
(a) One billion years.
(b) One million years.
(c) Three billion years.
(d) Five hundred thousand years.

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

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

4. 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) Lemmings.
(b) Deer.
(c) Cats.
(d) Bears.

5. What class of drugs are usually used to treat Staphylococcus infections?
(a) Anti-virals.
(b) Narcotics.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Beta blockers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication did Green write some of his earliest reviews for?

2. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

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

4. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

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

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

6. How did Jerzy Dudek achieve his legendary goal-saving in a 2005 soccer match, according to Green?

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

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

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

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

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