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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. How much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?
(a) $3 billion.
(b) $17 billion.
(c) $20 billion.
(d) $12 billion.

2. Approximately how many people fell ill from cryptosporidium due to an outbreak following a storm in 1993?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 400,000.

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

4. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 232 parts per million.
(b) 410 parts per million.
(c) 153 parts per million.
(d) 745 parts per million.

5. Air conditioners and fans account for what percentage of global electricity consumption currently, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?

4. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fufill a particular purpose?

5. Who wrote The Great Divergence?

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