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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. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Thomas Burnet.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Alfred Wegener.

2. Who is the primatologist that insisted on "the unity of all elements on the planet earth--living and non-living" (64)?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(b) Imanishi Kinji.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Dipesh Chakrabarty.

3. When did the great river that bordered the author's parents' homeland suddenly change course, drowning the village?
(a) The late-1870s.
(b) The mid-1860s.
(c) The early-1840s.
(d) The mid-1850s.

4. 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.

5. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2015.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?

2. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?

3. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?

4. The author states in Part 1, Section 4 that "the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of" what (9)?

5. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most important element of the word "recognition," according to the author in Part I, Section 2?

2. What is imperialism?

3. How is capitalism defined?

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

5. What are "fillers" and how do they apply to contemporary literature?

6. What environmental event does the author describe in Part I, Section 5?

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

8. To what does the author attribute mankind's tendency toward living near bodies of water?

9. Describe the city of Mumbai. Where is it located? What is its population?

10. What does the term "Anthropocene" refer to?

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