View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?

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

3. How many Canada Geese are estimated to be in the world today?

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

5. How old was Green when he began participating in the Academic Decathlon in his review on the same subject?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Green say really happened in the incident with Teddy Roosevelt and the bear that he and his group were hunting?

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

5. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What is one of the big mysteries around Halley's Comet, according to Green?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Green often writes about his relationship with his brother Hank in this collection. How does Green describe this relationship, and what aspects of Hank's personality and character does Green use to explain aspects of his own personality and character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Green use humor throughout this collection, and why do you think he inserts more lighthearted moments and commentary into his work here? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 727 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample