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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 B say won a Nobel Prize for his work with DDT?
(a) Walther Bothe.
(b) Max Born.
(c) Paul Muller.
(d) Gustav Hertz.

2. On what date is B's "The Great Forgetting" lecture presented?
(a) May 2.
(b) May 28.
(c) May 16.
(d) May 21.

3. On what day does Jared conclude that a disaster happened at the theater?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

4. B says for over 10,000 years, a chorus of what was assembling?
(a) Aggravation.
(b) Distress.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Anger.

5. In the book B reads about population, there is drug that increases what?
(a) Bone density.
(b) Alertness.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In B's lecture, "The Great Forgetting," he says he would wager that geneticists do not spend an hour a day reading what book?

2. Where does B give the lecture, "Population: A Systems Approach"?

3. What mythologist does B make reference to in "The Collapse of Values"?

4. Who does Jared address directly in his Epilogue?

5. What is the name of the theater where B gives the lecture, "The Great Forgetting"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does B argue with what people in the 1950s said about Man and his place in the scheme of things?

2. What happens when Jared visits Lulfre after fleeing the Company Farm?

3. In B's metaphor about boiling a frog, when does he say the water begins to boil for Man?

4. How does B explain how population increased since Homo sapiens first appeared on the earth?

5. How does B draw a comparison between a frog and Man?

6. What does B say about individual cultures and their place in the scheme of things?

7. In his May 31 entry, why does Jared say he cannot call Germany and make sure Shirin and Michael are all right?

8. Why does B say an increase in food production will not help the millions that are starving in the world?

9. Why, according to the lecture, The Great Forgetting, can one can offer to show someone how to be saved and be understood anywhere in the world?

10. Why does B believe the Agricultural Revolution caused problems for mankind?

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