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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blind Panic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."
(a) China.
(b) Flying.
(c) Heights.
(d) Spiders.

2. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.
(a) Poisonous wasps.
(b) Poisonous plants.
(c) Poisonous frogs.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

3. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Christiaan Barnard
(b) Dr. Charles R. Drew.
(c) Dr. Struan Sutherland.
(d) Dr. Jean Astruc.

4. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.
(b) Western Cottonmouth / United States.
(c) Indian Cobra / Australia.
(d) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.

5. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?
(a) Snark.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Luke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.

2. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.

3. Douglas Adams informs the reader that every other shop in Zaire is a ________.

4. Who are the two stereotypically superior, young German tourists in Zaïre who go with Adams and Carwardine on their search for mountain gorillas?

5. According to Mark Carwardine, there are only _______ Kakapos still alive.

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