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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. Today (as of 2018), the U.S. climate hovers around what temperature?
(a) 14.2 degrees Celcius.
(b) 13.9 degrees Celcius.
(c) 12.6 degrees Celcius.
(d) 13.4 degrees Celcius.

2. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 37 million.
(d) 62 million.

3. What does Guy McPherson's acronym "NTHE" stand for?
(a) Near-term humanity efforts.
(b) Near-term holistic exertion.
(c) New-time human expansion.
(d) Near-term human extinction.

4. Where did Guy McPherson begin his career as a conservation biologist?
(a) New York University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Arizona.
(d) The University of California.

5. The Great Depression dropped global GDP by about what percent?
(a) 32%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore?

2. When did James Hansen first testify before Congress about global warming?

3. In 2018, scientists revived a worm that had been frozen in permafrost for approximately how many years?

4. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to people seeking "evidence for what we already understand to be true, such as the promise that human life will endure, rather than the cognitive pain of reconceptualizing our world" (188)?

5. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does climate change affect economy?

2. What is UNICEF?

3. What are some of the examples of climate devastation presented on-screen discussed in "Storytelling"?

4. How is plastic panic an example of climate parable?

5. What is yellow fever and what are its effects?

6. What is the ambiguity effect?

7. What is malaria and how many people does it kill each year?

8. What correlative statistics does the author provide regarding conflict and global warming in "Climate Conflict"?

9. What is Lyme disease and how many are affected by it yearly?

10. Why is the narrative of climate change difficult to translate to film?

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