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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. When did the site of today's Mumbai first come under European rule when it was ceded to the Portuguese by the ruler of Gujarat?
(a) 1602.
(b) 1535.
(c) 1556.
(d) 1502.

2. Who wrote, "Climate change is inherently uncanny: Weather conditions, and the high-carbon lifestyles that are changing them, are extremely familiar and yet have now been given a new menace and uncertainty" (30)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) George Marshall.

3. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Thomas Burnet.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

4. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) The Red Tide.
(b) The Glass House.
(c) The Vast Desert.
(d) The Hungry Tide.

5. 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 Osney.
(b) Port Blair.
(c) Gopalpur.
(d) Port Sumi.

Short Answer 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)?

2. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?

3. What giant leap of nature likely led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?

4. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?

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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