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. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) Texaco.
(b) DuPont.
(c) Exxon.
(d) Chevron.

2. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?
(a) 2.45 million.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 6.3 million.
(d) 1.4 million.

3. What is the name of Robert Kennedy's memoir of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Thirteen Days.
(b) Children of Men.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) 1969.

4. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?
(a) Hats.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Political signs.
(d) Paper towels.

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?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beginning in what year were about a million Syrian refugees unleashed on Europe by a civil war inflamed by climate change, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

2. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?

3. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?

4. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?

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

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