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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hurricane Catarina stike the coast of Brazil?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2012.

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)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Arudhati Roy.
(d) Dipesh Chakrabarty.

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

4. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Alfred Wegener.

5. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?

2. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?

3. From where in the Congo did a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in 1988?

4. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?

5. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?

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