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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.
(c) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
(d) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.

2. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 12 million.

3. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(b) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(c) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

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

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

6. What is the population of Delhi (as of 2018)?
(a) 13 million.
(b) 45 million.
(c) 14 million.
(d) 26 million.

7. When did Roger Revelle die?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2001.

8. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2013.
(d) 1999.

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

10. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?
(a) 16%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 34%.

11. How much money in damages did Typhoon Mangkhut wreak on the Philippines and Hong Kong in 2018?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $1 billion.
(d) $50 million.

12. When was the Paris Agreement ratified?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2016.

13. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) Irakli Loladze.
(c) William Vollmann.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

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

15. Of the 71% of the planet that is covered in water, approximately what percentage is fresh?
(a) 6%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 2%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many separate wildfires broke out in California in 2017?

2. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?

3. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?

4. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?

5. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?

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