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

2. When was Norman Borlaug born?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1944.

3. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?
(a) 10 times faster.
(b) 20 times faster.
(c) 7 times faster.
(d) 4 times faster.

4. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 2,342.
(b) 345.
(c) 739.
(d) 234.

5. 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?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?

3. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?

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

5. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?

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