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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. Globally, about what percentage of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture?
(a) 30-40%.
(b) 80-90%.
(c) 70-80%.
(d) 40-50%.

2. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) William Vollmann.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) E. O. Wilson.

3. With CO2 at 930 parts per million (more than double where we are today), cognitive ability declines by what percent?
(a) 16%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 21%.
(d) 12%.

4. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?
(a) 25.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?

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

3. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?

4. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

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

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