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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long would it take to turn carbon dioxide to stone?
(a) Hundreds of years.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(c) Several months.
(d) Several years.

2. Who does Kolbert say is the largest proponent of geoengineering?
(a) Jerrod Keith.
(b) Keith David.
(c) David Keith.
(d) Keith Herring.

3. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?
(a) Why humans are always screwing up.
(b) Where the best beer is brewed.
(c) Why no one was coming up with big, crazy ideas anymore.
(d) How long it would be until the earth died.

4. How many of Lackner’s trailer-sized carbon scrubbing units would be needed to significantly reduce the carbon footprint?
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100 million.

5. According to Kolbert, if the Anthropocene’s clearest geological marker is a spike in radioactive particles, what is its clearest biological marker?
(a) A spike in disease.
(b) A decline in disease.
(c) A decline in rodents.
(d) A spike in rodents.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kolbert, besides worrying about the science going according to plan, one has to worry about the plan being deployed properly. Why?

2. What is NOT a reason for why Devil’s Hole is a geological oddity?

3. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?

4. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?

5. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?

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