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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. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?
(a) 45 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 14 million.
(d) 26 million.

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

3. Of the 71% of the planet that is covered in water, approximately what percentage is fresh?
(a) 4%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 2%.

4. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?
(a) Yuan Shikai.
(b) Xi Jinping.
(c) Li Yuanhong.
(d) Sun Yatsen.

5. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?
(a) Warren.
(b) Montague.
(c) Ellicott City.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?

2. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?

3. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

4. What does CCS stand for?

5. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?

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