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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. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 24%.

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

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

4. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) DuPont.
(b) Texaco.
(c) Chevron.
(d) Exxon.

5. What does CCS stand for?
(a) Climate change standards.
(b) Climate control standards.
(c) Carbon capture and storage.
(d) Carbon capture and study.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?

2. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?

3. When did Roger Revelle die?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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