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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Who was the man who lit himself on fire in Prospect Park that is described in "Politics of Consumption"?

3. What term used in "Storytelling" refers to action taken to prevent disease, especially be specified means or against a specified disease?

4. The author points out in "Economic Collapse" that "Every round-trip plane ticket from New York to London, keep in mind, costs the Arctic" how many more square meters of ice (147)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is permafrost?

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

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

6. How does climate change affect economy?

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

8. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the mass extinctions that have taken place prior to the one that we are in today. When did they occur? What caused them? What life was lost?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it adopted? When was it entered into force? How many parties are there to the Protocol? What is its goal?

Essay Topic 3

What is global warming? What causes it? What effects does it have on the environment around us? How can we slow global warming?

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