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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. Approximately how many people fell ill from cryptosporidium due to an outbreak following a storm in 1993?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

3. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?
(a) Douglas City.
(b) Montague.
(c) Weaverville.
(d) Paradise.

4. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?
(a) 15 degrees Celcius.
(b) 11 degrees Celcius.
(c) 13 degrees Celcius.
(d) 12 degrees Celcius.

5. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Of the 71% of the planet that is covered in water, approximately what percentage is fresh?

3. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?

4. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

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

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