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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. 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) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 24%.

2. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 1,300.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 2,500.

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

4. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
(b) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.
(c) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(d) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.

5. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?
(a) 10 times faster.
(b) 7 times faster.
(c) 20 times faster.
(d) 4 times faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?

2. What does the IPCC refer to?

3. What does NOAA stand for?

4. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?

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