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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Wildfire" - "Unbreathable Air".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?
(a) 1.4%.
(b) 0.5%.
(c) 0.3%.
(d) 2.3%.

2. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1940.

3. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?
(a) 1/10.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/7.

4. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 200,000.

5. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) The Honeymooners.
(c) Seinfeld.
(d) All in the Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?

2. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?

3. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?

4. In 2014, a toxic event struck Lake Erie, when fertilizer from farms in Ohio spawned an algae bloom that cut off drinking water for what city?

5. What small Northern California town was largely wiped out by the Camp Fire?

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