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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?
(a) They are small and gentle.
(b) They are clean and obedient.
(c) They are cheap and easy to care for.
(d) Their genetics are well known and studied.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, why does Kolbert fly in a small airplane?
(a) To see the Chicago River from the sky.
(b) To get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
(c) To get a bird’s eye view of the Plaquemines.
(d) To fly from Chicago to New Orleans.

3. Who is Edda Aradóttir?
(a) A solar geoengineer hired by Bill Gates.
(b) The managing director of the geothermal plant.
(c) A friend of Kolbert’s.
(d) One of the thermal engineers in Poland.

4. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?
(a) At a conference for marine biologists.
(b) When Kolbert first met Gates.
(c) Almost a year after Gates’ death.
(d) After a year of bleached coral.

5. A widely supported view regarding years the effect of human behavior on the environment is that it did not really become significant until when?
(a) The late-seventeenth century.
(b) The early-nineteenth century.
(c) The late-eighteenth century.
(d) The early-twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far underground would carbon dioxide be injected?

2. What is NOT one of the problems mentioned regarding cane toads?

3. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?

4. What does Mark Tizard want the general population to know about genetic modification?

5. Kolbert tells the reader that geothermal plants are relatively clean but do produce what gases?

(see the answer key)

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