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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 are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.
(b) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
(c) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(d) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.

2. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?
(a) Lake Mead.
(b) Lake Shasta.
(c) Lake Oroville.
(d) Lake Berryessa.

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. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

5. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?
(a) 1/10.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/7.
(d) 1/5.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

5. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

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