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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 did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?
(a) 1.4%.
(b) 0.5%.
(c) 0.3%.
(d) 2.3%.

2. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to "our tendency to wait for others to act rather than acting ourselves" (188)?
(a) Default effect.
(b) The bystander effect.
(c) The ambiguity effect.
(d) Anthropocentric thinking.

3. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(b) National Organization of American Atmosphere.
(c) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.
(d) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.

4. Who wrote the book-length essay The Great Derangement?
(a) Jair Bolsonaro.
(b) William Nordhaus.
(c) H. G. Wells.
(d) Amitav Ghosh.

5. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 700,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary critic wrote "It is easier to imagine the end of the world that to imagine the end of capitalism" (190)?

2. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?

3. What term from "Crisis Capitalism" refers to the situation wherein people build their "view of the universe outward from our own experience" (188)?

4. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?

5. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?

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