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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Cascades.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Warren.
(c) Montague.
(d) Ellicott City.

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

3. What does the term "analogue" mean as used in Part I: Cascades?
(a) A thing that is uncertain.
(b) A thing that can be computed numerically.
(c) A thing seen as comparable to another.
(d) A think that is unlikely.

4. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?
(a) Jair Bolsonaro.
(b) Timothy Morton.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) Irakli Loladze.

5. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) DuPont.
(b) Texaco.
(c) Exxon.
(d) Chevron.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Roger Revelle die?

2. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

3. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?

4. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?

5. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?

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