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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 was Norman Borlaug born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1953.

2. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 34.
(d) 22.

3. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) Texaco.
(b) Exxon.
(c) DuPont.
(d) Chevron.

4. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 2.3 trillion tons.
(b) 4.5 billion tons.
(c) 1.8 trillion tons.
(d) 4 trillion tons.

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

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

3. How many pounds of grain does it take to produce a single pound of hamburger meat?

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

5. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?

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