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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. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?
(a) 0.007%.
(b) 0.0003%.
(c) 0.05%.
(d) 0.24%.

2. According to a 2016 study, from 1980-210 what percentage of conflict in the world's ethnically diverse countries began in months stamped by weather disaster/
(a) 45%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 23%.
(d) 34%.

3. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2012.

4. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?
(a) One acre.
(b) Two acres.
(c) One football field.
(d) One square mile.

5. What film does the author say "depicts civilization in semi-collapse, but collapsed by a fertility menace" (170)?
(a) I Am Legend.
(b) Mad Max: Fury Road.
(c) Children of Men.
(d) The Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?

2. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

3. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?

4. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?

5. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?

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