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

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

3. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2015.

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

5. Who wrote the novel Solaris?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Bill McKibben.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) George Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?

3. What is the title of Part I of the book?

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

5. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

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