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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 much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?
(a) $12 billion.
(b) $3 billion.
(c) $20 billion.
(d) $17 billion.

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

3. Today (as of 2018), the U.S. climate hovers around what temperature?
(a) 12.6 degrees Celcius.
(b) 13.9 degrees Celcius.
(c) 13.4 degrees Celcius.
(d) 14.2 degrees Celcius.

4. What term used in "Storytelling" refers to action taken to prevent disease, especially be specified means or against a specified disease?
(a) Prophylaxis.
(b) Proctologist.
(c) Vector proliferation.
(d) Ellipses.

5. The author notes in "Systems" that what climate scientists refer to as "systems crises," he refers to as what?
(a) Turnstiles.
(b) Degradation.
(c) Epochs.
(d) Cascades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

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

3. When did Hurricane Andrew hit Florida?

4. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?

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