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

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

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

4. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?
(a) Gernot Wagner.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Jair Bolsonaro.

5. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?
(a) 2.3%.
(b) 1.4%.
(c) 0.5%.
(d) 0.3%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?

2. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?

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

4. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?

5. When did Roger Revelle die?

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