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

2. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize alongside Paul Romer?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) William Nordhaus.
(d) Amitav Ghosh.

3. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1953.

4. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1997.

5. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2016.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?

2. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

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

4. On what date does the author describe a 60-year-old man walking into Prospect Park in Brooklyn and lighting himself on fire in "Politics of Consumption"?

5. When was the country of Pakistan formed?

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