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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Globally, about what percentage of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture?
(a) 70-80%.
(b) 80-90%.
(c) 40-50%.
(d) 30-40%.

2. Who wrote The Great Divergence?
(a) William Nordhaus.
(b) Amitav Ghosh.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro.
(d) Kenneth Pomeranz.

3. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Mitch in Central America?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 11,000.

4. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What literary critic wrote "It is easier to imagine the end of the world that to imagine the end of capitalism" (190)?

4. What word from "Storytelling" means to collect or form into a mass or group?

5. What percent of the world's landmass was altered by humans between 1992 and 2015?

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