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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Wildfire" - "Unbreathable Air".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.
(b) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(d) National Organization of American Atmosphere.

3. What does the IPCC refer to?
(a) International Participation in Climate Correction.
(b) Imperial Protocol of Climate Change.
(c) International Panel on Climate Change.
(d) International Protocol for Climate Change.

4. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 12 million.
(d) 9 million.

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?

2. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?

3. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?

4. Who wrote The Water Will Come?

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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