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

2. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?
(a) Lake Shasta.
(b) Lake Mead.
(c) Lake Oroville.
(d) Lake Berryessa.

3. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(b) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(c) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

4. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) Microplastics.
(b) Greenhouse gas.
(c) Climate change.
(d) Global warming.

5. What does Guy McPherson's acronym "NTHE" stand for?
(a) New-time human expansion.
(b) Near-term humanity efforts.
(c) Near-term holistic exertion.
(d) Near-term human extinction.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author points out in "Economic Collapse" that "Every round-trip plane ticket from New York to London, keep in mind, costs the Arctic" how many more square meters of ice (147)?

2. In Minnessota during the 2000s, winter ticks helped drop the moose population by what percentage?

3. According to a 2018 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, how many American homes and businesses will suffer chronic flooding by 2100?

4. Today (as of 2018), the U.S. climate hovers around what temperature?

5. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?

(see the answer key)

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