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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. Approximately how many people die from malaria each year currently (as of 2018)?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 1.5 million.

2. Who is the Swedish journalist that wrote The Re-Origin of Species?
(a) Torill Kornfeldt.
(b) David Buckel.
(c) Roy Scranton.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

3. Who was known as the Unibomber?
(a) Roy Scranton.
(b) David Buckel.
(c) Theodore Kaczynski.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

4. Who authored The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers?
(a) David Buckel.
(b) Paul Michael Kennedy.
(c) Roy Scranton.
(d) Paul Ehrlich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?

2. What term does the author use in "Crisis Capitalism" to describe the situation wherein "most people are so uncomfortable contemplating uncertainty, they will accept lesser outcomes in a bartain to avoid dealing with it" (188)?

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

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

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does climate change affect economy?

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

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

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

5. What is permafrost?

6. Describe the ideological contrast between China and Russia in terms of climate change.

7. What is UNICEF?

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

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

10. When did the Black Death occur and what was its fallout?

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