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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. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?
(a) Sun Yatsen.
(b) Yuan Shikai.
(c) Xi Jinping.
(d) Li Yuanhong.

2. 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) 20%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 10%.

3. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 3 million.

4. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?
(a) 600 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 700 million.
(d) 100 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?

2. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?

3. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?

4. How many gallons of gasoline were released into Galveston Bay as a result of Hurricane Harvey?

5. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Drowning," the author cites a 2018 study on the melt rate of the Antarctic ice sheet. What did this study show?

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

3. What is a "hyperobject"?

4. What impacts does the author describe in Part I: Cascades if the global temperature rises 3.2 degrees Celsius, as projected by the IPCC?

5. Who was Wallace Smith Broecker and why does the author reference him in Part I: Cascades?

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

7. How did Hurricane Harvey impact Houston environmentally?

8. What is the Paris Agreement? When was it ratified?

9. Describe the Thomas Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

10. How is "Anthropocene" defined?

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