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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. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2015.

2. Who wrote, more than a quarter of a century ago, "We live in a post-natural world" (33)?
(a) Bill McKibben.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

3. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?
(a) 800 kilometers.
(b) 1,000 kilometers.
(c) 200 kilometers.
(d) 500 kilometers.

4. Who wrote the novel Solaris?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) George Marshall.
(c) Bill McKibben.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

5. The novel The Circle of Reason involves the discovery of oil in a fictional emirate called what?
(a) Al-Harrissa.
(b) Al-Isthan.
(c) Al-Ghazira.
(d) Al-Bhrama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part I of the book?

2. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?

3. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?

4. What shoreside town of the Nicobar Islands does the author describe having been reduced to its foundations after the tsunami in Part 1, Section 9?

5. The 1971 Bhola Cyclone is thought to have killed how many people?

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