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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Politics of Consumption" - Part IV: The Anthropic Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many people were evacuated due to Hurricane Irma?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 5 million.

2. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. Who wrote Heart of Darkness?
(a) Roy Scranton.
(b) Joseph Conrad.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) David Buckel.

4. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(b) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.
(d) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.

5. What does CCS stand for?
(a) Carbon capture and study.
(b) Climate control standards.
(c) Carbon capture and storage.
(d) Climate change standards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?

2. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?

3. What does the term "analogue" mean as used in Part I: Cascades?

4. The Great Depression dropped global GDP by about what percent?

5. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?

(see the answer key)

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