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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. When was Norman Borlaug born?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1953.

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

3. Where did Guy McPherson begin his career as a conservation biologist?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of Arizona.
(d) The University of California.

4. What does the term "analogue" mean as used in Part I: Cascades?
(a) A thing that can be computed numerically.
(b) A thing seen as comparable to another.
(c) A think that is unlikely.
(d) A thing that is uncertain.

5. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 1,300.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 55,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?

2. What term from "Crisis Capitalism" refers to the situation wherein people build their "view of the universe outward from our own experience" (188)?

3. Who wrote Heart of Darkness?

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

5. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

(see the answer key)

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