Reading Comprehension Quiz (Bill McKibben, “The End of Nature”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Bill McKibben, “The End of Nature”

Read “The End of Nature” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question What are the three reasons that McKibben says he is pessimistic “about the chances that we will dramatically alter our ways”?

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Question What is one way that people living in Los Angeles are changing the way they interact with the environment?

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Question What river does McKibben mention in connection to Edward Abbey?

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Question The tone of this essay is

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Question In what country is the La Grande River located?

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Question Why does McKibben love the winter?

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Question Why does McKibben say Thoreau will soon not make sense?

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Question McKibben quotes Walter Truett Anderson: “We find now that the human predicament is not quite so devoid of inherent purpose after all. To be caretakers of a planet, custodians of all its life forms and shapers of its (and our own) future is certainly purpose enough.” How does McKibben feel about this idea of humans as caretakers of the planet?

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