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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 the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?
(a) 4 million years ago.
(b) 9 million years ago.
(c) 16 million years ago.
(d) 12 million years ago.

2. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

4. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) William Vollmann.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

5. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?
(a) 34 years.
(b) 67 years.
(c) 58 years.
(d) 23 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the IPCC refer to?

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

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

5. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

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