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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. Where is Gates’ institution located?
(a) Off the coast of Oahu, HI.
(b) In the Mohave.
(c) Off the coast of Sydney, Australia.
(d) Jamaica.

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

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

4. To what does Kolbert compare the bringing back of a species from the brink of extinction?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) A heavenly miracle.
(c) God Syndrome.
(d) Stockholm Syndrome.

5. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?
(a) An earthquake and drought.
(b) Over-crowding of species and an overgrown fungus.
(c) Rising sea levels and air temperatures.
(d) Regular above ground nuclear blasts and the pumping of water for a new community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?

2. What are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?

3. After a course on corals, Ruth Gates moved from where to Jamaica in 1985 to study corals and their symbionts?

4. How deep is Devil’s Hole at its deepest?

5. When are the eggs harvested and brought back to Devils Hole Jr.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems has human domination over nature caused, according to Kolbert?

2. What is the solution chosen for dealing with the Asian carp problem in and around Chicago?

3. What is amazing about coral reefs?

4. How is extinction now an observable phenomenon?

5. How does Ruth Gates hope to aid the world's coral reefs?

6. What is the reason for why the Chicago River was reversed?

7. How is Kolbert inspired by Gates?

8. How did the indigenous people of the New Orleans area deal with flooding versus the first European settlers?

9. What have humans done to save species on the brink of extinction?

10. In what ways are those in the Chicago area trying to manage the carp problem?

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