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Underland Quiz

Robert Macfarlane

This Study Guide consists of approximately 74 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Underland.

Underland by Robert Macfarlane

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

First Chamber - Chapter 1

Second Chamber - Chapter 5

Third Chamber - Chapter 8

Chapters 12 - 13

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

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Underland Quiz

Robert Macfarlane

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is plastiglomerate? (from Chapter 9)

The name ecologists use for masses of plastic debris on beaches and in the ocean.

A new type of plastic that can be melted down and decomposes more quickly.

A rock created by melted plastic and sand.

A type of sand that is created by plastic particles.

2.

How to glaciers appear in Inuit stories? (from Chapter 11)

As actors, with awareness and intentions.

As the creators of the world.

As malevolent forces that swallow people and villages.

As inert masses of ice and snow.

3.

What does the old English word unweder or unweather mean? (from Chapter 10)

To experience no rain or snow for an extended period of time.

When humans change the weather instead of nature.

The lack of normal weather patterns.

Weather so extreme it seems to come from another time or climate.

4.

Why did followers of Mithraism keep their beliefs secret? (from Chapter 6)

As warriors, they believed keeping their beliefs secret and underground made them more powerful.

The Romans considered it a pagan cult.

The English outlawed worshipping Mithras.

Because they performed secret ceremonies in the underground temples devoted to Mithras.

5.

What does MacFarlane see on the beach outside the Kollhellaren caves? (from Third Chamber - Chapter 8)

A beautiful sea eagle.

Another person's camp.

Jetsam made up of plastic.

Debris from an old fishing settlement.

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