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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) They were very poignant.
(b) The reviews were accurate.
(c) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(d) The reviews were too short.

2. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?
(a) Six Flags Adventure.
(b) Mount Rushmore.
(c) Mount Washington.
(d) Disney World.

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

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

5. What rating does Green give human temporal range?
(a) 4 stars.
(b) 3 stars.
(c) 1 star.
(d) 5 stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Staphylococcus?

2. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?

3. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?

4. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

5. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Green say would have happened to him before about 1940 if he had gotten the same Staph infection he got some years ago?

2. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?

3. What is one of the big mysteries around Halley's Comet, according to Green?

4. When Green first started using the internet as an adolescent, how did he feel about it?

5. Why does Green say he often consults his brother Hank when something is bothering him?

6. What misconceptions does Green say most people have about velociraptors?

7. How does air-conditioning highlight matters of wealth and climate inequality?

8. What does Green's brother Hank tell him about the coronavirus pandemic that unnerves Green?

9. What did F. Scott Fitzgerald think of the reviews of his book The Great Gatsby?

10. What particular aspect of human existence does Green associate sunsets with that he says is hard to admit and that scares him?

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