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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. 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?
(a) Mesozoic.
(b) Anthropocene.
(c) Furongian Epoch.
(d) Holocene.

2. The author's novel The Glass Palace touches upon a place in Burma where oil had bubbled up to the surface. What is the name of the place?
(a) Dhaka.
(b) Chattogram.
(c) Yenangyaung.
(d) Sythet.

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

4. What writer and climate activited noted that "the most rational and considered response to the uncertainties of climate change can be found among military strategists..." (138)?
(a) George Marshall.
(b) Eduardo Kohn.
(c) Christian Parenti.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

5. Who impeached Warren Hastings?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Christian Parenti.
(c) Timothy Mitchell.
(d) Thomas Burnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Treaty of Nanking signed on the Cornwallis?

2. Who wrote An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms in 1828?

3. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?

4. Who wrote Late Victorian Holocausts?

5. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?

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