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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 are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?
(a) The passenger pigeon and the American chestnut tree.
(b) The passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.
(c) The dodo bird and the American chestnut tree.
(d) The dinosaur and the Woolley mammoth.

2. What problem is the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Australia trying to correct?
(a) Deforestation.
(b) Non-native and invasive species of coral.
(c) The overpopulation of a non-native species of toad.
(d) Severe drought and wildfires.

3. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?
(a) The next five decades.
(b) The next few years.
(c) The next decade.
(d) The next century.

4. One activist that Kolbert mentions says that sometimes doing nothing is better than what?
(a) Doing something.
(b) Saying nothing.
(c) Making mistakes.
(d) Looking like a fool.

5. What invention launched the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.
(b) James Watt’s new steam engine.
(c) Karl Benz’s automobile.
(d) Da Vinci’s flying machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Lackner and Wendt’s invention do?

2. Kolbert talks about a trip she took to Zurich, Switzerland, where she visited a Climeworks facility; what was done with the carbon dioxide?

3. What did Lackner found in 2014 at ASU?

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

5. How many of Lackner’s trailer-sized carbon scrubbing units would be needed to significantly reduce the carbon footprint?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

4. What is the problem with fusion?

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

6. What is an outlaw gene? Why is it important to this book?

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

8. What is the widely held view regarding man’s influence on the atmosphere?

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

10. What are the pros and cons of a powerful gene drive?

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