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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 was the Paris Agreement ratified?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2016.

2. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 30%.

3. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.
(b) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(d) National Organization of American Atmosphere.

4. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) Greenhouse gas.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Global warming.
(d) Microplastics.

5. The author states in "Climate Conflict" that climate change has already elevated Africa's risk of conflict by more than what percentage?
(a) 25%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 5.%.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

2. How much money in damages did Typhoon Mangkhut wreak on the Philippines and Hong Kong in 2018?

3. In 2014, a toxic event struck Lake Erie, when fertilizer from farms in Ohio spawned an algae bloom that cut off drinking water for what city?

4. Approximately how many people were evacuated due to Hurricane Irma?

5. For how many years does Wallace-Wells say his mother has smoked in her lifetime?

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