View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the U.S experience its most dramatic outbreak of waterborne disease in 1993?
(a) New York.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Houston.

2. What is the name of Robert Kennedy's memoir of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Thirteen Days.
(b) Children of Men.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) 1969.

3. On what date does the author describe a 60-year-old man walking into Prospect Park in Brooklyn and lighting himself on fire in "Politics of Consumption"?
(a) May 23, 2018.
(b) April 14, 2018.
(c) April 2, 2016.
(d) March 3, 2017.

4. Who wrote in her book Motherhood, "The egoism of child-bearing is like the egoism of colonizing a country" (164)?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro.
(d) Sheila Heti.

5. Who are the two "Climate Mao" leaders in the world today that are described by the author in "Politics of Consumption"?
(a) Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
(b) Paul Ehrlich and Donald Trump.
(c) Xi Pinping and Donald Trump.
(d) Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What film does the author say "depicts civilization in semi-collapse, but collapsed by a fertility menace" (170)?

2. Who wrote Heart of Darkness?

3. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to "the tendency to choose the present option over alternatives" (189)?

4. The author notes in "Systems" that soldiers returning home from war are estimated to suffer from PTSD at rates between what percentages?

5. What percent of the world's mammals (by weight) are currently wild?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is described as "that basic promise extended by neoliberalism" in "Politics of Consumption" (225)?

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

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

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

6. How many people were affected by the 1918 flu? What statistics for the plague are cited in "Plagues of Warning"?

7. Who was David Buckel and why is he discussed in the book?

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

9. What is confirmation bias and how does it apply to global warming?

10. How does climate change affect economy?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 717 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample