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

2. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?
(a) Alfred Wegener.
(b) Thomas Burnet.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

3. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?
(a) 800.
(b) 700.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

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 White Elephant Project.
(c) The Green Tiger Project.
(d) The Dark Mountain Project.

5. When does the author describe a descending hailstorm in north Delhi in the beginning of Part 1, Section 5?
(a) September 5, 2018.
(b) March 17, 1978.
(c) June 12, 1975.
(d) March 12, 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?

2. How many were killed by the cyclone that the author describes encountering in Delhi in Part 1, Section 5?

3. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?

4. What is the average population of the Greater Mumbai area today?

5. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

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