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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part 1, Section 10 that the city of Mumbai's health infrastructure was intended to cater to a population what times its size?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 4/5.

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

3. 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) Furongian Epoch.
(b) Holocene.
(c) Mesozoic.
(d) Anthropocene.

4. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) The Hungry Tide.
(b) The Glass House.
(c) The Red Tide.
(d) The Vast Desert.

5. The author states in Part 1, Section 4 that "the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of" what (9)?
(a) "Power."
(b) "Politics."
(c) "The imagination."
(d) "The arts."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author concludes Part 1, Section 14 with the following: "So, if for a moment, we were to take seriously the premise that I started with--that the Anthropocene has forced us to recognize that there are other, fully aware eyes looking over our shoulders--the the first question to present itself is this" (66). What is the question he poses next?

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

3. When did the site of today's Mumbai first come under European rule when it was ceded to the Portuguese by the ruler of Gujarat?

4. When was The Hungry Tide published?

5. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of the Sundarbans described in Part I, Section 2?

2. What is Cartesian dualism?

3. Why is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee discussed in the narrative?

4. How are novels about climate change marginalized from mainstream literature, according to the author in Part I, Section 3?

5. Describe the fallout from Hurricane Sandy. When did it develop?

6. What does the author recall noting about New York as he flew into JFK in Part I, Section 9?

7. What do beachfront locations symbolize, according to the author?

8. What is the significance of the flood described in Part I, Section 2?

9. How does the climate crisis relate to the human imagination, according to the author in Part I, Section 4?

10. Describe the book Storm Surge. Who is its author and what is its premise?

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