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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 are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?
(a) The Empire State Building and the UN Headquarters.
(b) The Museum of Modern Art and Trump Tower.
(c) The Getty Museum and Rupert Murdoch's Bel-Air estate.
(d) Trump Tower and Sears Tower.

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

3. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 153 parts per million.
(b) 745 parts per million.
(c) 410 parts per million.
(d) 232 parts per million.

4. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?
(a) Political signs.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Hats.
(d) Paper towels.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?

3. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?

4. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "wet-bulb temperature"?

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 the basic rule of thumb when looking at climate change and cereal grains, according to the author in "Hunger"?

4. How is the air quality index quantified? What does it relate?

5. What is atmospheric particulate matter?

6. How is "Anthropocene" defined?

7. What is carbon dioxide?

8. Why did Hurrican Maria demonstrate one of "the uglier aspects of our climate blindness" (98)?

9. How do wildfires affect greenhouse gas emissions?

10. What is the IPCC?

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