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 has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?
(a) Yuan Shikai.
(b) Li Yuanhong.
(c) Sun Yatsen.
(d) Xi Jinping.

2. What percent of the world's mammals (by weight) are currently wild?
(a) 6%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 9%.
(d) 2%.

3. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. How much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?
(a) $17 billion.
(b) $20 billion.
(c) $3 billion.
(d) $12 billion.

5. Who was elected president of Brazil in 2018?
(a) Deodoro da Fonseca.
(b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
(c) Michel Terner.
(d) Jair Bolsonaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2017, Solomon Hsiang and Trevor Houser calculated that Hurricane Maria could take how long for the economy of the island to return to even the level it enjoyed just before the storm?

2. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?

3. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?

4. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?

5. What does CCS stand for?

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