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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from "Storytelling" refers to the process of giving an animal or object human attributes?
2. What term used in "Storytelling" refers to action taken to prevent disease, especially be specified means or against a specified disease?
3. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to people seeking "evidence for what we already understand to be true, such as the promise that human life will endure, rather than the cognitive pain of reconceptualizing our world" (188)?
4. When did Bill McKibben declare "The End of Nature" (181)?
5. What is the name of Robert Kennedy's memoir of the Cuban missile crisis?
Short Essay Questions
1. What correlative statistics does the author provide regarding conflict and global warming in "Climate Conflict"?
2. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
3. What is described as "that basic promise extended by neoliberalism" in "Politics of Consumption" (225)?
4. What are some of the examples of climate devastation presented on-screen discussed in "Storytelling"?
5. Who was David Buckel and why is he discussed in the book?
6. What is UNICEF?
7. What is Lyme disease and how many are affected by it yearly?
8. What is yellow fever and what are its effects?
9. Describe the ideological contrast between China and Russia in terms of climate change.
10. What is permafrost?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the effects of climate change on mental health. What correlations have been found between cognitive ability and global temperatures? How do carbon emissions affect thinking? How do they affect emotions and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia?
Essay Topic 2
Why is climate change not largely addressed in film, television, literature, and the media? What aspects of this crisis make it not frequently dramatized? How do you think it would change things if climate change were central in the plot of these narratives?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss global economy as it relates to climate change. What statistics does the author provide in "Economic Collapse" to indicate correlations between economies and climate? What is "fossil capitalism"? How are economies projected to change as a result of global warming?
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