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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. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?
(a) 300.
(b) 500.
(c) 400.
(d) 200.

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

3. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to "our tendency to wait for others to act rather than acting ourselves" (188)?
(a) Default effect.
(b) Anthropocentric thinking.
(c) The ambiguity effect.
(d) The bystander effect.

4. When did Hurricane Mitch strike Central America?
(a) 2012.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1998.

5. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?
(a) 232.
(b) 103.
(c) 254.
(d) 195.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore?

2. In 2018, scientists revived a worm that had been frozen in permafrost for approximately how many years?

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

4. When was Norman Borlaug born?

5. 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?

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