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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. In his review of Plague, what years were the worst for that disease in terms of recorded deaths, according to Green?
(a) 1400 - 1403.
(b) 1425 - 1428.
(c) 1415 - 1417.
(d) 1347 - 1351.

2. How many times does Green estimate he has signed his name in his review of Hiroyuki Doi's Circle Drawings?
(a) Over 500,000.
(b) About 10,000.
(c) About 100,000.
(d) About 200,000.

3. Where does Indianapolis rank as far as size in the United States in Green's review of Indianapolis?
(a) 8th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 100th.

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

5. Which toy company produces Monopoly?
(a) Hasbro.
(b) Wright.
(c) Ravensburger.
(d) Ideal Toys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green award to whispering?

2. Why does Green like signing his name?

3. How old was Robert Burns when he died?

4. What story does Green share with the reader about his hospital chaplaincy in the section on Googling strangers?

5. Who was once long beloved as the greatest eater of all time in the hot dog contest at Coney Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Green write about what he calls "attempts to brightside human suffering" (213)?

2. Why did Green dislike Indianapolis when he first moved back there from the city?

3. Why does Green remember the exact circumstances under which someone whispered to him in early March of 2020?

4. How does Green describe the trajectory of a typical Monopoly game?

5. What was the original name of Elizabeth Magie's game that someone else essentially stole the idea for Monopoly from?

6. What is one repetitive activity that Green has found gives him some peace when he is feeling stressed that he describes in Part IV?

7. Why does Green have fond memories of going to the Indianapolis 500?

8. Why does Green think Super Mario Kart is a better game than Monopoly?

9. What happened when an American contestant beat a long-reigning Japanese champion in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest in 2007?

10. Why did Green and his wife Sarah visit the Bonneville Salt Flats?

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