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

2. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) Microplastics.
(b) Greenhouse gas.
(c) Climate change.
(d) Global warming.

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

4. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?
(a) 195.
(b) 103.
(c) 254.
(d) 232.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?

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

3. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

4. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?

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

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