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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 term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fufill a particular purpose?
(a) Confirmation bias.
(b) Anthropocentric thinking.
(c) Kludge.
(d) The ambiguity effect.

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

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

4. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.
(b) National Organization of American Atmosphere.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(d) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.

5. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book-length essay The Great Derangement?

2. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?

3. Who wrote The Great Divergence?

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

5. Who wrote Against the Grain?

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