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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?
(a) Warren.
(b) Montague.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Ellicott City.

2. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?
(a) 10 times faster.
(b) 20 times faster.
(c) 4 times faster.
(d) 7 times faster.

3. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 34.
(d) 5.

4. What was the population of New Orleans in 2005 (prior to Katrina)?
(a) 530,000.
(b) 480,000.
(c) 630,000.
(d) 700,000.

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

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

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

8. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?
(a) 20%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 10%.

9. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1994.

10. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 6 million.
(d) 10 million.

11. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 20,000.

12. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?
(a) 26.
(b) 36.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

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

14. 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?
(a) 2.3
(b) 5.2.
(c) 4.5.
(d) 4.8.

15. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

2. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?

3. What term refers to the moving in of bugs when trees are cut down?

4. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?

5. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?

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