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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Plagues of Warming" - "Systems".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 234.
(b) 2,342.
(c) 345.
(d) 739.

3. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) William Vollmann.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

4. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?
(a) 40%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 30%.

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?
(a) 5.
(b) 34.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?

2. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

3. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?

4. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

5. When did Hurricane Mitch strike Central America?

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