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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. Approximately how many acres did the Mendocino Complex burn in 2018?
(a) Half a million.
(b) One million.
(c) Two million.
(d) A quarter of a million.

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

3. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) Paul Ehrlich.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) William Vollmann.

4. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

5. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?
(a) 12%.
(b) 34%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 16%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of New Orleans in 2005 (prior to Katrina)?

2. How many gallons of gasoline were released into Galveston Bay as a result of Hurricane Harvey?

3. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?

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

5. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?

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