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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.
(b) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
(c) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(d) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.

3. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?
(a) 4 times faster.
(b) 20 times faster.
(c) 10 times faster.
(d) 7 times faster.

4. What word from Part I: Cascades refers to the explanation of phenomenon by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes?
(a) Phylology.
(b) Vectorology.
(c) Endography.
(d) Teleology.

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?

2. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?

3. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

4. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?

5. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?

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