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Take our free Underland quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What makes limestone? (from Chapter 2)

Sand and shells get pressed together over millions of years.

Granite is exposed to high temperatures and then cools.

Magma that cools deep inside the earth.

Millions of compressed bodies of dead marine organisms.

2.

What is the Knud Rasmussen Glacier named for? (from Chapter 11)

The underworld in Greek mythology.

The Inuit underworld.

The Celtic idea of hell.

The underworld in Norse mythology.

3.

Why are scientists studied dark matter in a rock salt mine? (from Chapter 3)

Rock salt stays stable for a very long time.

Salt acts as an insulator so that the tiny particles can be detected.

The company that runs the salt mine is also running dark matter experiments for eventual profit.

Dark matter particles are dangerous and the rock salt keeps them from escaping.

4.

How do urban explorers think of their subculture, according to MacFarlane? (from Second Chamber - Chapter 5)

A radical act of disobediance and liberation.

As explorers, travellers and partiers.

As pioneers of a new, more democratic society underground.

As tramps who resist the standards of life above ground.

5.

What is solastalgia? (from Chapter 9)

The inability to feel nostalgia.

Fear of climate change.

Distress caused by ecological loss.

A disorder caused by seismic mapping.

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