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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. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

3. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 150,000.

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

5. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money in damages did Typhoon Mangkhut wreak on the Philippines and Hong Kong in 2018?

2. 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?

3. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?

4. When was the country of Pakistan formed?

5. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a "hyperobject"?

3. What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it signed?

4. Describe the extreme weather events of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere.

5. How is water demand from the global food system, industry, and energy projected to increase over the next three decades?

6. Describe the Mendocino Complex Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

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

8. How have the planet's heat waves changed since 1980?

9. What is the World Bank and when was it formed?

10. What is carbon dioxide?

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