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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. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?
(a) Douglas City.
(b) Weaverville.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Montague.

2. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?
(a) 34.
(b) 18.
(c) 200.
(d) 13.

3. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?
(a) Ellicott City.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Montague.
(d) Warren.

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

5. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2013.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?

3. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

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

5. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

(see the answer key)

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