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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. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

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

3. In 2018, the World Bank estimated that the current path of carbon emissions would sharply diminish the living condition of how many people living throughout South Asia?
(a) 900 million.
(b) 500 million.
(c) 700 million.
(d) 800 million.

4. The author notes in "Systems" that soldiers returning home from war are estimated to suffer from PTSD at rates between what percentages?
(a) 11-31%.
(b) 25-50%.
(c) 45-70%.
(d) 5-10%.

5. What country has the fifth-highest homicate rage in the world today (as of 2018)?
(a) France.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Guatemala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Storytelling" refers to the process of giving an animal or object human attributes?

2. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

3. When did Hurricane Mitch strike Central America?

4. With CO2 at 930 parts per million (more than double where we are today), cognitive ability declines by what percent?

5. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?

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