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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Heat Death" - "Drowning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 2 million.

2. Who wrote The Population Bomb?
(a) William Vollmann.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

3. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 8 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?

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

5. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?

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