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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Cascades.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?
(a) Paul Ehrlich and Jennifer Jones.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro and William Vollman.
(c) Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman.
(d) Irakli Loladze and Jeff Goodell.
2. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?
(a) 16 million years ago.
(b) 4 million years ago.
(c) 9 million years ago.
(d) 12 million years ago.
3. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1997.
4. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.
5. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2012.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
2. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?
3. What small town in Maryland was drowned by a "thousand-year flood" in 2016 (22)?
4. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
5. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?
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