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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 55 - 112, "Canada Geese" to "Penguins of Madagascar").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sold in a year by around 1960?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Waterways.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Celestial bodies.
(d) Animals.

3. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?
(a) Deer.
(b) Bears.
(c) Lemmings.
(d) Cats.

4. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) Whether or not there were snacks available.
(b) How many books were in the office.
(c) Office temperature.
(d) How much caffeine workers consumed.

5. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?
(a) 4 and a half.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Todd once tell Green about his thoughts on rivers when they sat near one once as teenagers in the review on Academic Decathlon?

2. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?

3. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sell in a typical year in at the time of this book's publication in 2021?

4. What is one main reason for the large-scale shift in human geography, according to Green?

5. When was the Tyrannosaurus rex first named?

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