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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. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?
(a) William Vollmann.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

2. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?
(a) 1/10.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/7.

3. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?
(a) 100.
(b) 250.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

4. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?
(a) 30%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 25%.

5. What film does the author say "depicts civilization in semi-collapse, but collapsed by a fertility menace" (170)?
(a) Children of Men.
(b) I Am Legend.
(c) Mad Max: Fury Road.
(d) The Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?

2. How many major cities are there currently with average maximum summertime temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher?

3. Who authored The Shock Doctrine?

4. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

5. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?

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