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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. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?
(a) 62 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 37 million.

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

3. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?
(a) The Empire State Building and the UN Headquarters.
(b) The Getty Museum and Rupert Murdoch's Bel-Air estate.
(c) The Museum of Modern Art and Trump Tower.
(d) Trump Tower and Sears Tower.

4. Who developed the work "The Great Nutrient Collapse"?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) Irakli Loladze.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) William Vollmann.

5. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?
(a) 25%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

3. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?

4. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?

5. Approximately how many acres did the Mendocino Complex burn in 2018?

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