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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. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?
(a) 14 million.
(b) 26 million.
(c) 45 million.
(d) 13 million.

2. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 9 million.
(d) 7 million.

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

4. What is referred as the world's most popular video game that "invites players into a competition for scarce resources during an extreme weather event" (175)?
(a) Children of Men.
(b) Fortnite.
(c) Spore.
(d) Minecraft.

5. Today (as of 2018), the U.S. climate hovers around what temperature?
(a) 12.6 degrees Celcius.
(b) 13.9 degrees Celcius.
(c) 14.2 degrees Celcius.
(d) 13.4 degrees Celcius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?

3. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?

4. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?

5. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?

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