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

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

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

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

5. The author points out in "Economic Collapse" that "Every round-trip plane ticket from New York to London, keep in mind, costs the Arctic" how many more square meters of ice (147)?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?

2. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?

3. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?

4. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?

5. According to a 2018 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, how many American homes and businesses will suffer chronic flooding by 2100?

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