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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pounds of grain does it take to produce a single pound of hamburger meat?
(a) 3 pounds.
(b) 8 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 1 pound.

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

3. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 700,000.

4. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,000.

5. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?
(a) 993.
(b) 846.
(c) 686.
(d) 473.

6. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) Irakli Loladze.
(b) William Vollmann.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) E. O. Wilson.

7. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 200,000.

8. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?
(a) The Honeymooners.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) Seinfeld.
(d) All in the Family.

9. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?
(a) 12%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 5%.

10. Who wrote The Population Bomb?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) William Vollmann.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

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

12. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?
(a) 15%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 5%.

13. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?
(a) 250 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 150 million.
(d) 200 million.

14. How many signatories are there on the Paris climate accords (as of the time of the book's publication)?
(a) 195.
(b) 254.
(c) 232.
(d) 103.

15. When was the country of Pakistan formed?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the IPCC refer to?

2. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?

3. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?

4. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?

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

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