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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. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1956.

2. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 153 parts per million.
(b) 232 parts per million.
(c) 410 parts per million.
(d) 745 parts per million.

3. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 55,000.

4. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, what percent of evacuees exceeded the diagnosit threshold for acute stress disorder?
(a) 62%.
(b) 74%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 35%.

5. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 2.3 trillion tons.
(b) 1.8 trillion tons.
(c) 4 trillion tons.
(d) 4.5 billion tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the moving in of bugs when trees are cut down?

2. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?

3. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?

4. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?

5. What does CCS stand for?

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