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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Into the Wild: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?
(a) Warm Jell-O.
(b) Play-doh.
(c) A river of mud.
(d) Slime.

2. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Angry.

3. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) Galápagos.
(c) The Great Plains.
(d) The Arctic.

4. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?
(a) Large amounts of nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
(b) Dammed and diverted rivers.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) More species diversity and safer drinking water.

5. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1880s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are CSOs?

2. How did Ruth Gates fall in love with the ocean?

3. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?

4. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?

5. Kolbert jumps to a day when she meets Alex Kolker, a professor at LSU, who has what as a side gig?

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