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

2. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) The Glass Room.
(b) The Flood.
(c) The Falling Tide.
(d) The Wake.

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 philosophical vision of the world.
(b) A Buddhist vision of the world.
(c) A colonial vision of the world.
(d) A Cartesian vision of the world.

4. Who was the author of The Malay Archipleago?
(a) Alfred Russell Wallace.
(b) Ernest Gellner.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

5. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2016.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Surely Descartes never saw an ape" (64)?

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

3. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?

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?

5. The 1971 Bhola Cyclone is thought to have killed how many people?

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