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

2. What combination does Kolbert mention that could make cane toads non-lethal and coral heat-resistant?

3. Fifteen million tons of carbon dioxide were released by humans in 1776, while today that number is closer to what?

4. What mammals were first experimented on with CRISPR and the gene drive?

5. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a suppression drive?

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

4. What is the issue with chemical weathering regarding carbon dioxide?

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

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

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

8. What is the problem with fusion?

9. Who are the Odins that Colbert describes?

10. What are a couple of the responses when asked about man’s roll and fixing or protecting the environment in into the wild Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important are the people Kolbert introduces? What do they all have in common, based on what Kolbert provides in Under a White Sky? What does Kolbert seem to think of them? Would other experts agree with her? Why or why not? How could the information she provides about them possibly sway readers' opinions regarding what is being done to care for the environment?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Kolbert starts off Up in the Air Chapter 1 by mentioning a subscription she paid for that claimed, for a fee, they would scrub the buyer’s carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Would you have paid for such a service? Why or why not? Do you believe others, besides Kolbert, would pay for this service? Why or why not? What might this reveal about the majority of people?

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