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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 wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?
(a) Irakli Loladze.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) William Vollmann.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

2. 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) 4.8.
(b) 5.2.
(c) 2.3
(d) 4.5.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) All in the Family.
(d) The Honeymooners.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?

2. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?

3. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

4. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?

5. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?

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