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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 232 parts per million.
(b) 745 parts per million.
(c) 153 parts per million.
(d) 410 parts per million.

2. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(b) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(c) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

3. What is referred as the world's most popular video game that "invites players into a competition for scarce resources during an extreme weather event" (175)?
(a) Fortnite.
(b) Children of Men.
(c) Spore.
(d) Minecraft.

4. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 345.
(b) 739.
(c) 2,342.
(d) 234.

5. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book-length essay The Great Derangement?

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

3. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?

4. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?

5. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?

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