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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. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2003.

2. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

3. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 2 million.

4. 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.

5. 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) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?

4. If we follow the path we are on today, the U.N. estimates that we are due for how many degrees of warming by 2100?

5. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?

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