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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 is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?
(a) It is already in the works.
(b) It is a flawless solution.
(c) What is the alternative?
(d) It is inexpensive.

2. Kolbert talks about a trip she took to Zurich, Switzerland, where she visited a Climeworks facility; what was done with the carbon dioxide?
(a) It was used to fuel cars.
(b) It was used to feed a greenhouse full of vegetables.
(c) It was used to burn trash.
(d) It was used to make stone fr building.

3. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?
(a) Why no one was coming up with big, crazy ideas anymore.
(b) Why humans are always screwing up.
(c) Where the best beer is brewed.
(d) How long it would be until the earth died.

4. Where is the geothermal plant located that Kolbert visits in Up in the Air: Chapter 1?
(a) Poland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) China.

5. What is Brodifacoum?
(a) A powerful cleaning and disinfecting product.
(b) A trap used to catch cane toads.
(c) An antibiotic used to heal sick animals.
(d) An anticoagulant used to kill mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be used if a gene drive goes rogue?

2. How are rodents often currently killed?

3. Who is Edda Aradóttir?

4. What is NOT a reason given for why taking carbon dioxide out of a gas stream is difficult?

5. What is done to make the geothermal plant cleaner that Kolbert visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Climeworks?

2. What is the problem with fusion?

3. Who are the Odins that Colbert describes?

4. What does Kolbert think about the genetic engineering home kit that she purchases?

5. What is the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

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

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

8. What is a suppression drive?

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

10. What are some of the ways that Kolbert mentions Australians deal with cane toads? What might be the pros and cons?

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