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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. Who does Green assert actually created the original version of Monopoly?
(a) Clarence Darrow.
(b) Elizabeth Magie.
(c) John Rockefeller.
(d) Henry Ford.

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

3. What brand of hot dogs is the Coney Island hot dog eating contest named after?
(a) Hatfield.
(b) Henry's.
(c) Nathan's.
(d) Ballpark.

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

5. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Mexico and Chicago.
(c) Canada.
(d) Ethiopia and Orlando.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Green says he does almost every day in the review on Googling strangers?

2. What does Green think about the amount of shared resources we devote to our lawn grass?

3. How old was Robert Burns when he died?

4. How many stars does Green award to wintry mix?

5. Who is most often credited with creating Monopoly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one drawback of traditional lawns that consist mostly of grass, and particularly of Kentucky Bluegrass, according to Green?

3. What does Green think is one of the most terrible similarities between the Plague and the novel coronavirus?

4. Why do you think Green tells the story about the cosmonaut Leonov in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

9. Why can serious pain be isolating, in Green's opinion?

10. What was the most terrible symptom of meningitis for Green?

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