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

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

3. When did Roger Revelle die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1999.

4. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 250 million.
(d) 150 million.

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?
(a) Asteroids.
(b) Extraterrestrial intervention.
(c) Climate change produced by heat storms on the sun.
(d) Climate change produced by greenhouse gas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?

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

4. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?

5. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?

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