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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section 3 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the first successful drilling of an oil well at Oil Well Creek organized?
(a) June 12, 1845.
(b) August 28, 1859.
(c) March 14, 1902.
(d) June 4, 1825.

3. What geologist wrote, "Money flows toward short term gain and toward the over-exploitation of unregulated common resources" (110)?
(a) Eduardo Kohn.
(b) Bill McKibben.
(c) Arudhati Roy.
(d) David Archer.

4. The author finds the most hope in the issues of climate change due to the recent involvement of who?
(a) Layman activists.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Religious leaders.

5. Who wrote Moby Dick?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Ernest Gellner.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many were killed by the cyclone that the author describes encountering in Delhi in Part 1, Section 5?

2. How did the tsunami's actions respond to the system of military rank in how it hit the Nicobar Islands?

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

4. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?

5. Between 1998 and 2001, three cyclones crashed into the Indian subcontinent to the north of Mumbai. Approximately how many people were killed in these events?

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