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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. Prior to the digging of the canal, Chicago’s waste ran into the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, which led to what regular outbreaks?
(a) Typhoid and Cholera.
(b) Consumption and West Nile Virus.
(c) Bird Flu and Swine Flu.
(d) Scarlet Fever and Yellow Fever.

2. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?
(a) Transgender.
(b) Transliteration.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Transfiguration.

3. Lackner also believes that dealing with emissions should be similar to dealing with what?
(a) Sewage.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Domesticated animals.
(d) Natural disasters.

4. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) She understands why no measures are being taken to save it, but she feels terrible for the residents.
(b) She feels outrage for how they have been mistreated.
(c) She feels that they should have left years ago.
(d) She believes the community should move on and forget the island.

5. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?
(a) Anthropocene.
(b) Paleozoic.
(c) Precambrian.
(d) Jurassic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?

2. What happened to an engineer in China who used CRISPR on a set of twins?

3. What is NOT something that Kolbert says human domination over nature has caused?

4. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?

5. How many trees would have to be planted to remove a significant amount of carbon dioxide?

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