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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. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize alongside Paul Romer?
(a) William Nordhaus.
(b) Amitav Ghosh.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

2. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/3.

3. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

4. In 2014, a toxic event struck Lake Erie, when fertilizer from farms in Ohio spawned an algae bloom that cut off drinking water for what city?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Hamilton.

5. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 500,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?

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

3. How many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?

4. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?

5. 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?

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