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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's forebearers resettle after the flooding of their first village?
(a) Dhaka.
(b) Pataukhali.
(c) Bihar.
(d) Sythet.

2. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?
(a) The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.
(b) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu.
(c) The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor, Maharashtra.
(d) The Bhabba Atomic Research Centre at Trombay.

3. Where is M. V. Ramana an associate of the Program on Science and Global Security?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Yale University.

4. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 17th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 18th century.

5. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?
(a) Bali.
(b) Iran.
(c) Goa.
(d) Turkey.

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

7. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Journey of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Death of Bon Bibi.

8. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?
(a) Marine Drive.
(b) Sunset Drive.
(c) Apex Drive.
(d) River Drive.

9. What organization did Paul Kingsnorth create as "a network of writers, artists, and thinkers who have stopped believing the stories our civilization tells itself" (8)?
(a) The White Elephant Project.
(b) The Green Tiger Project.
(c) The Dark Mountain Project.
(d) The Blue Ridge Project.

10. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?
(a) Franco Moretti.
(b) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

11. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?
(a) 1.9 million passengers.
(b) 7.5 million passengers.
(c) 6.6 million passengers.
(d) 3.4 million passengers.

12. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2009.

13. What does the Matla River translate to in English?
(a) Slow River.
(b) Crazed River.
(c) Rushing River.
(d) Loving River.

14. Who wrote Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle?
(a) Alfred Wegener.
(b) Stephen Jay Gould.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

15. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1625.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1699.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Norse mythology meaning "great winter" is used in Part 1, Section 12?

2. Where was the author's first stop on his article about the effects of the tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Part 1, Section 9?

3. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?

4. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?

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

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