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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 many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?
(a) 85.
(b) 75.
(c) 34.
(d) 65.

2. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?
(a) 13.
(b) 34.
(c) 200.
(d) 18.

3. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

4. What percent of the world's landmass was altered by humans between 1992 and 2015?
(a) 34%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 22%.
(d) 19%.

5. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?

2. When was Norman Borlaug born?

3. What term does the author use in "Crisis Capitalism" to describe the situation wherein "most people are so uncomfortable contemplating uncertainty, they will accept lesser outcomes in a bartain to avoid dealing with it" (188)?

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?

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

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