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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section 15 - Part II, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part I of the book?
(a) "Politics."
(b) "Climate."
(c) "History."
(d) "Stories."

2. When was The Circle of Reason published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1986.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1989.

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

4. What is the title and focus of Part II?
(a) "Stories."
(b) "History."
(c) "The Arts."
(d) "Politics."

5. What anthropologist wrote How Forests Think?
(a) Ian Hacking.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Eduardo Kohn.
(d) Franco Moretti.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?

2. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?

3. Where were the author's parents originally from?

4. Where did the author's forebearers resettle after the flooding of their first village?

5. What word used in the text refers to a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencent of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems?

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