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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. Who wrote the book-length essay The Great Derangement?
(a) Amitav Ghosh.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) William Nordhaus.
(d) H. G. Wells.

2. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?
(a) 4 million years ago.
(b) 12 million years ago.
(c) 16 million years ago.
(d) 9 million years ago.

3. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?
(a) 0.05%.
(b) 0.007%.
(c) 0.0003%.
(d) 0.24%.

4. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?
(a) 9.1 gigatons.
(b) 2.7 gigatons.
(c) 5.2 gigatons.
(d) 7.5 gigatons.

5. What is referred as the world's most popular video game that "invites players into a competition for scarce resources during an extreme weather event" (175)?
(a) Spore.
(b) Fortnite.
(c) Minecraft.
(d) Children of Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bill McKibben declare "The End of Nature" (181)?

2. If we follow the path we are on today, the U.N. estimates that we are due for how many degrees of warming by 2100?

3. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?

4. In what country are the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena located?

5. What country has the fifth-highest homicate rage in the world today (as of 2018)?

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