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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. With CO2 at 930 parts per million (more than double where we are today), cognitive ability declines by what percent?
(a) 34%.
(b) 21%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 16%.

2. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?
(a) 633,000.
(b) 157,000.
(c) 142,000.
(d) 234,000.

3. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 6,000.

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

5. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(b) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(c) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?

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

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

4. What does NOAA stand for?

5. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

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