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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Politics of Consumption" - Part IV: The Anthropic Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author points out in "Politics of Consumption," "Eating organic is nice, in other words, but if your goal is to save the climate" what "is much more important" (224)?
(a) "Driving a car."
(b) "Dissidence."
(c) "Using plastic."
(d) "Your vote."

2. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 7,000.

3. When was the country of Pakistan formed?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1947.

4. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?
(a) 20%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 10%.

5. According to a 2016 study, from 1980-210 what percentage of conflict in the world's ethnically diverse countries began in months stamped by weather disaster/
(a) 45%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 23%.
(d) 12%.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Norman Borlaug born?

2. What word from Part I: Cascades refers to the explanation of phenomenon by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes?

3. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?

4. Air conditioners and fans account for what percentage of global electricity consumption currently, according to the author in "Heat Death"?

5. Who wrote Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future?

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