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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What storm was generated in the Arabian Sea in 2007, noted as its strongest storm ever?
(a) Cyclone Vayu.
(b) Cyclone Amphan.
(c) Cyclone Odisha.
(d) Cyclone Gonu.

2. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Dukhey.
(b) Saraswati.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Dokkhin Rai.

3. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?
(a) He worked as a tutor.
(b) He worked as a journalist.
(c) He worked as a librarian.
(d) He worked as a book editor.

4. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(d) Murali Ranganathan.

5. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) The Falling Tide.
(b) The Flood.
(c) The Glass Room.
(d) The Wake.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Catarina stike the coast of Brazil?

2. Who is described in Part 1, Section 3 as "one of the finest prose stylists of our time, she is passionate and deeply informed about climate change. Yet all her writings on these subjects are in various forms of nonfiction" (8)?

3. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?

4. Who wrote Storm Surge?

5. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?

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