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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) 12.6 degrees Celcius.
(b) 13.4 degrees Celcius.
(c) 14.2 degrees Celcius.
(d) 13.9 degrees Celcius.

2. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Mitch in Central America?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 11,000.

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) March 3, 2017.
(b) April 14, 2018.
(c) April 2, 2016.
(d) May 23, 2018.

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

5. Who wrote the book-length essay The Great Derangement?
(a) William Nordhaus.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) Amitav Ghosh.
(d) H. G. Wells.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote Guns, Germs, and Steel?

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

4. What word from "Storytelling" refers to the process of giving an animal or object human attributes?

5. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is permafrost?

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

3. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?

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

5. What is Zika and what are its effects?

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

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

8. What does "anchoring" refer to in behavioral psychology?

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

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

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