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

2. Where was the author's first stop on his article about the effects of the tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Port Blair.
(b) Port Sumi.
(c) Port Osney.
(d) Gopalpur.

3. To what does the author attribute the tendency for the proximity to water being a status symbol in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) A Cartesian vision of the world.
(b) A philosophical vision of the world.
(c) A colonial vision of the world.
(d) A Buddhist vision of the world.

4. What neighborhoods of Long Island does the author describe looking out of on a flight into J.F.K. and thinking they were sure to be swamped in a storm surge in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Hicksville and North Fork.
(b) Astoria and Williamsburg.
(c) Bellerose Terrace and Long Island City.
(d) Far Rockaway and Long Beach.

5. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?
(a) Mummy.
(b) The Empire Strikes Back.
(c) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(d) Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Madame Bovary?

2. When was A River Called Titash published?

3. What term from Norse mythology meaning "great winter" is used in Part 1, Section 12?

4. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?

5. 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?

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