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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?
(a) 2.54 million.
(b) 4.2 million.
(c) 1.37 million.
(d) 5.3 million.

3. How many people were killed around the world by inland flooding between 1995 and 2015?
(a) 157,000.
(b) 633,000.
(c) 142,000.
(d) 234,000.

4. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?
(a) 18%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 5%.

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?

2. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

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

4. When did Roger Revelle die?

5. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is atmospheric particulate matter?

2. Why is the idea of shifting agriculture northward as the planet warms not a reasonable goal, based on the author's assertions in "Hunger"?

3. What is a "hyperobject"?

4. Describe the Camp Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

5. How does the author describe the distribution of freshwater in "Freshwater Drain"?

6. How is "Anthropocene" defined?

7. Why is wildfire different than other natural disasters in terms of American perceptions?

8. What do CCS and BECCS refer to?

9. What does the author say about methane release in relation to melting ice sheets in "Drowning"?

10. How would the United States change at six degrees Celsius of global warming, according to the author in "Heat Death"?

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