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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section 5 - Part III, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Treaty of Nanking signed on the Cornwallis?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1842.

2. When did the Enterprise reach Calcutta on its crossing from Falmouth?
(a) September 5, 1825.
(b) March 12, 1825.
(c) December 7, 1825.
(d) August 16, 1825.

3. What does the Matla River translate to in English?
(a) Slow River.
(b) Rushing River.
(c) Loving River.
(d) Crazed River.

4. The author concludes Part 1, Section 14 with the following: "So, if for a moment, we were to take seriously the premise that I started with--that the Anthropocene has forced us to recognize that there are other, fully aware eyes looking over our shoulders--the the first question to present itself is this" (66). What is the question he poses next?
(a) "What is the place for the nonhuman in the modern novel?"
(b) "What is the nonhuman being looking over us?"
(c) "What is our place within Nature?"
(d) "What is our place in this society?"

5. When was The Circle of Reason published?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1989.
(d) 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King Charles II marry Catherine of Graganza?

2. When did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

3. What word from Part II, Section 8 means ruling or dominant in a political or social context?

4. Where is Adam Sobel a professor of atmospheric science?

5. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

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