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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What problem does Joe Harvey mention to Kolbert?
2. 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?
3. How does Kolbert feel about the community of Isle de Jean Charles?
4. Where is Gates’ institution located?
5. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways are those in the Chicago area trying to manage the carp problem?
2. How is Kolbert inspired by Gates?
3. How is extinction now an observable phenomenon?
4. What do most of the Australians Kolbert spoke to think about the future of the Great Barrier Reef?
5. What is William Lewis Manly's role in the discovery of Devils Hole?
6. What is Van Oppen's relationship with her students?
7. What is the purpose of the model delta at the Center for River Studies?
8. What problems has human domination over nature caused, according to Kolbert?
9. When do the majority of scientists believe the Anthropocene Age began?
10. How is an atoll formed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Under a White Sky was in the process of being finished and published during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. How does Kolbert relate the pandemic to her book? What connections does she make between climate change and a pandemic? How has the world changed because of the pandemic? How does this help you relate to the changes scientists in this book predict about our world?
Essay Topic 2
Kolbert says that clear signs of the Anthropocene age are increased radioactivity and rodents. In what ways does that show the influence of humans on the natural world? How has the world been negatively affected by this influence? How might this human influence also be considered a natural occurrence as it has been happening since mankind was first created? How might this support the idea that there is no absolutely natural world and that the world is full of genetically modified beings?
Essay Topic 3
And under a white sky into the wild chapter 3, Kolbert begins and ends the chapter talking about gods. What does she say about gods in this chapter? Of what does this inform the reader? How does this talk about gods affect the tone of the book? How secure does the reader feel about mankind in his abilities in relation to this talk of gods?
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