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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. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 15%.

3. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

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

5. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?

2. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?

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

4. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?

5. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?

(see the answer key)

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