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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize alongside Paul Romer?
(a) William Nordhaus.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) Paul Ehrlich.
(d) Amitav Ghosh.

2. What term does the author use in "Crisis Capitalism" to describe the situation wherein "most people are so uncomfortable contemplating uncertainty, they will accept lesser outcomes in a bartain to avoid dealing with it" (188)?
(a) Confirmation bias.
(b) Default effect.
(c) Anthropocentric thinking.
(d) The ambiguity effect.

3. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?
(a) 60%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 30%.

4. Who is the Swedish journalist that wrote The Re-Origin of Species?
(a) Torill Kornfeldt.
(b) Paul Ehrlich.
(c) Roy Scranton.
(d) David Buckel.

5. Who is the author of The Time Machine?
(a) H. G. Wells.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) William Nordhaus.
(d) Amitav Ghosh.

Short Answer Questions

1. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?

2. Who was known as the Unibomber?

3. According to a 2016 study, from 1980-210 what percentage of conflict in the world's ethnically diverse countries began in months stamped by weather disaster/

4. The author asserts in "Storytelling" that "in Moby-Dick or The Old Man and the Sea or many lesser examples, nature was typically" what (175)?

5. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ambiguity effect?

2. Who was David Buckel and why is he discussed in the book?

3. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?

4. What is described as "that basic promise extended by neoliberalism" in "Politics of Consumption" (225)?

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

6. What is UNICEF?

7. What is confirmation bias and how does it apply to global warming?

8. When did the Black Death occur and what was its fallout?

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

10. How does climate change affect economy?

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