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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. What ecologist "arguest that, in fact, in the real-time vacuum of the sixth mass exctintion, 'nature is thriving' - inventing new species, carving new ecological niches" (244)?
(a) Chris D. Thomas.
(b) Roy Scranton.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) David Buckel.

2. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Mitch in Central America?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?
(a) 0.3%.
(b) 2.3%.
(c) 0.5%.
(d) 1.4%.

4. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?
(a) 12 degrees Celcius.
(b) 15 degrees Celcius.
(c) 13 degrees Celcius.
(d) 11 degrees Celcius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many major cities are there currently with average maximum summertime temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher?

3. Who wrote Against the Grain?

4. Who was the man who lit himself on fire in Prospect Park that is described in "Politics of Consumption"?

5. What percent of the world's landmass was altered by humans between 1992 and 2015?

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