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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?
(a) 2261.
(b) 2181.
(c) 2381.
(d) 2061.

2. Who discovered Staphylococcus?
(a) James Payne.
(b) Alexander Ogston.
(c) Joseph Lister.
(d) Watson Henry.

3. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?
(a) Take heart.
(b) Live your life.
(c) Onward!
(d) We are all tired.

4. How many stars does green award to the Hall of Presidents?
(a) 2.
(b) 4 and a half.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?
(a) Escobar.
(b) Jerzy Dudek.
(c) Jerry Hines.
(d) Pele.

6. How many stars does Green give air-conditioning?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

7. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Four teenagers and a dog.
(b) A team of anthropologists.
(c) A soldier who was lost.
(d) A mother and her children out on a picnic.

8. 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) Bears.
(b) Lemmings.
(c) Cats.
(d) Deer.

9. Who took ownership of the site of the Lascaux Cave Paintings after WWII?
(a) The U.S. Government.
(b) The German government.
(c) The French government.
(d) The Swiss government.

10. What book and movie popularized but also led to misconceptions about velociraptors?
(a) Dinos!
(b) Jurassic Park.
(c) Paleontologists.
(d) Large Teeth.

11. What does Green say the teddy bear is a reminder of?
(a) The comfort of a parent's gift on Christmas morning.
(b) The wonders of childhood.
(c) The ways in which misconceptions are perpetuated.
(d) The astonishing power of contemporary humanity.

12. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Food shortages.
(c) Drug addiction.
(d) Political division.

13. What original form did this book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, take?
(a) Television show.
(b) Movie.
(c) Podcast.
(d) E-Newsletter.

14. How many stars does Green give Canada geese?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. What does Green say his friend Stan Muller tells him in Green's review of the internet?
(a) When you are living in the middle of history, you never know what it means.
(b) Live for today.
(c) The internet is the worst thing to ever happen to humans.
(d) Plan for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rating does Green give the song "You'll Never Walk Alone"?

2. What rating does Green give human temporal range?

3. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?

4. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?

5. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?

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