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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. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?
(a) Asteroids.
(b) Extraterrestrial intervention.
(c) Climate change produced by greenhouse gas.
(d) Climate change produced by heat storms on the sun.

2. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 800,000.

3. Air conditioners and fans account for what percentage of global electricity consumption currently, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 5%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

4. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 2/3.

5. Who wrote The Water Will Come?
(a) Jeff Goodell.
(b) Paul Ehrlich.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) E. O. Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?

2. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

3. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?

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

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?

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