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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. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 4 trillion tons.
(b) 1.8 trillion tons.
(c) 2.3 trillion tons.
(d) 4.5 billion tons.

2. What word from "Storytelling" refers to the process of giving an animal or object human attributes?
(a) Anthropomorphize.
(b) Metaphorphosize.
(c) Agglomerate.
(d) Anthropocentrize.

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

4. When did Bill McKibben declare "The End of Nature" (181)?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2013.
(d) 1994.

5. 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?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Toledo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Time Machine?

2. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

3. 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)?

4. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?

5. What does NOAA stand for?

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