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

2. When did labor historian Eric Hobsbawm write "Whoever says Industrial Revolution, says cotton" (140)?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1968.

3. When did James Hansen first testify before Congress about global warming?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2001.

4. In 2017, Solomon Hsiang and Trevor Houser calculated that Hurricane Maria could take how long for the economy of the island to return to even the level it enjoyed just before the storm?
(a) 19.
(b) 36.
(c) 54.
(d) 26.

5. In 2016, a boy was killed and 20 people were infected by anthrax that was released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of what animal?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A reindeer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bill McKibben declare "The End of Nature" (181)?

2. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?

3. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?

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

5. In 2018, the World Bank estimated that the current path of carbon emissions would sharply diminish the living condition of how many people living throughout South Asia?

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