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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Heat Death" - "Drowning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Air conditioners and fans account for what percentage of global electricity consumption currently, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 5%.

2. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?
(a) 25.
(b) 75.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

3. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?
(a) 232.
(b) 195.
(c) 103.
(d) 254.

4. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) Texaco.
(b) Chevron.
(c) Exxon.
(d) DuPont.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

3. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?

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

5. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

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