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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section 15 - Part II, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part 1, Section 4 that "the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of" what (9)?
(a) "The arts."
(b) "Politics."
(c) "Power."
(d) "The imagination."

2. Who wrote Paul et Virginie?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Ernest Gellner.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Bernadin de Saint-Pierre.

3. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Feni River.
(d) The Muhuri River.

4. What organization did Paul Kingsnorth create as "a network of writers, artists, and thinkers who have stopped believing the stories our civilization tells itself" (8)?
(a) The Blue Ridge Project.
(b) The Green Tiger Project.
(c) The Dark Mountain Project.
(d) The White Elephant Project.

5. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Death of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Journey of Bon Bibi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?

2. Where is M. V. Ramana an associate of the Program on Science and Global Security?

3. Who wrote the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"?

4. Who is the author of Rapture?

5. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?

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