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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. What was Klaus Lackner hired to study in the 1970s, which was supposed to be the answer to the emissions problem?
(a) Fusion.
(b) Negative emissions.
(c) Fossil fuels.
(d) Hydrogen.

2. Kolbert says that, without help, most of the carbon dioxide humans emit would turn to stone eventually, called what?
(a) Chemical aging.
(b) Chemical solidification.
(c) Chemical weathering.
(d) Natural stoning.

3. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?
(a) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
(b) Steven King’s It.
(c) Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine.

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

5. What could be used if a gene drive goes rogue?
(a) A GOTCHA sequence.
(b) A CRISPR sequence.
(c) A CATCHA sequence.
(d) A ROGUE sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?

2. What bacteria is included in Kolbert’s genetic modification kit?

3. How are rodents often currently killed?

4. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?

5. What is CRISPR?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are rodents a biological marker of the Anthropocene age?

2. How is cutting emissions at once absolutely essential and insufficient?

3. What must happen to keep temperature rise to less than two degrees?

4. What is a suppression drive?

5. What is the explanation that Tizzard gives for why genetic modifications are a good option for dealing with imbalances in nature?

6. According to Climeworks, why does it make sense to turn carbon dioxide to stone?

7. What are the concerns surrounding rising temperatures?

8. How do cane toads become a problem in Australia?

9. What is usually use to kill rodents? What are the problems associated with this?

10. What are three major issues with the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

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