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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. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 150,000.

2. What term from "Crisis Capitalism" refers to the situation wherein people build their "view of the universe outward from our own experience" (188)?
(a) Anthropocentric thinking.
(b) The ambiguity effect.
(c) Default effect.
(d) Agglomerate thinking.

3. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?
(a) 4.2 million.
(b) 1.37 million.
(c) 2.54 million.
(d) 5.3 million.

4. 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) 500,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 800,000.

5. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?
(a) 95,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

2. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to "the tendency to choose the present option over alternatives" (189)?

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

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