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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Plagues of Warming" - "Systems".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did labor historian Eric Hobsbawm write "Whoever says Industrial Revolution, says cotton" (140)?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1983.

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

3. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/3.

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

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a 32,000-year-old "extremophile" bacteria revived?

2. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?

3. Approximately how many people die from malaria each year currently (as of 2018)?

4. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?

5. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

(see the answer key)

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