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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. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) Sythet.
(b) Dhaka.
(c) Cox's Bazar.
(d) Chattogram.

2. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,200.

3. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Dukhey.
(b) Lakshmi.
(c) Dokkhin Rai.
(d) Saraswati.

4. Who wrote, "Climate change is inherently uncanny: Weather conditions, and the high-carbon lifestyles that are changing them, are extremely familiar and yet have now been given a new menace and uncertainty" (30)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) John Milton.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

5. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?
(a) June 4, 2011.
(b) July 26, 2005.
(c) November 3, 2015.
(d) September 6, 2014.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?

2. When was The Hungry Tide published?

3. 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?

4. Who wrote the novel Solaris?

5. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Dark Mountain Project and who formed it?

3. Who wrote the novel A River Called Titash? What is it about?

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

5. Describe the events around Hurricane Katrina. When did it occur?

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

7. What is the central metaphor made by the author in Part I, Section 1?

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

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

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

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