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

2. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to people seeking "evidence for what we already understand to be true, such as the promise that human life will endure, rather than the cognitive pain of reconceptualizing our world" (188)?
(a) Anthropocentric thinking.
(b) The ambiguity effect.
(c) Default effect.
(d) Confirmation bias.

3. What term does the author use in "Crisis Capitalism" to describe the situation wherein "most people are so uncomfortable contemplating uncertainty, they will accept lesser outcomes in a bartain to avoid dealing with it" (188)?
(a) Default effect.
(b) The ambiguity effect.
(c) Anthropocentric thinking.
(d) Confirmation bias.

4. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1992.

5. What percent of the world's mammals (by weight) are currently wild?
(a) 2%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 9%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Time Machine?

3. Who authored The Shock Doctrine?

4. When was Norman Borlaug born?

5. 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?

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