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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

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

2. When did Roger Revelle die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 2011.

3. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1943.

4. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 95,000.
(d) 2,500.

5. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?
(a) 846.
(b) 473.
(c) 686.
(d) 993.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?

2. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?

3. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

4. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?

5. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?

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