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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. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?
(a) 40%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 80%.

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)?
(a) Confirmation bias.
(b) Anthropocentric thinking.
(c) Default effect.
(d) The ambiguity effect.

3. When did James Hansen first testify before Congress about global warming?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1988.

4. In 2016, a boy was killed and 20 people were infected by anthrax that was released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of what animal?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A reindeer.

5. Who is the author of The Progress of This Storm?
(a) David Buckel.
(b) Roy Scranton.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) Andreas Malm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the U.S experience its most dramatic outbreak of waterborne disease in 1993?

2. 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)?

3. When did labor historian Eric Hobsbawm write "Whoever says Industrial Revolution, says cotton" (140)?

4. What ecologist "arguest that, in fact, in the real-time vacuum of the sixth mass exctintion, 'nature is thriving' - inventing new species, carving new ecological niches" (244)?

5. Who is the author of The Time Machine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is UNICEF?

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

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

9. What is the ambiguity effect?

10. How does climate change affect economy?

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