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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 80,000.

2. What does CCS stand for?
(a) Carbon capture and storage.
(b) Climate change standards.
(c) Carbon capture and study.
(d) Climate control standards.

3. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 232 parts per million.
(b) 153 parts per million.
(c) 745 parts per million.
(d) 410 parts per million.

4. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?
(a) 8%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 18%.

5. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

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

3. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?

4. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fufill a particular purpose?

5. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?

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