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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 1.4 million.
(c) 2.45 million.
(d) 6.3 million.

2. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?
(a) 9 million years ago.
(b) 16 million years ago.
(c) 4 million years ago.
(d) 12 million years ago.

3. If we follow the path we are on today, the U.N. estimates that we are due for how many degrees of warming by 2100?
(a) 2.3
(b) 5.2.
(c) 4.5.
(d) 4.8.

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

5. What month has traditionally marked the beginning of the rainy season in California?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

2. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

3. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?

4. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

5. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

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