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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country are the Lascaux Cave Paintings in?

3. What rating does Green give the song "You'll Never Walk Alone"?

4. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?

5. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What habit did Green eventually replace smoking with that he feels is much less harmful?

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

5. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

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

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

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

9. What does Green credit the Academic Decathlon with in his life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What specific entities related to nature and the natural world does Green review in this collection, and which emotional or bigger-picture topics does he use nature and the natural world to explore? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Green explores both positive and negative aspects of human nature and of humanity's influence on the planet. Would you describe this collection as mainly positive in tone, mainly negative in tone, or neutral in tone? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions .

Essay Topic 3

How does Green explain his choice to choose F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby as a starting point to discuss the human capacity for wonder? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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