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

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

3. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?
(a) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
(b) Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
(c) The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
(d) The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

4. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?
(a) The 1620s.
(b) The 1590s.
(c) The 1750s.
(d) The 1660s.

5. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?
(a) The early 1920s.
(b) The late 1910s.
(c) The early 1860s.
(d) The early 1840s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?

2. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?

3. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?

4. The death toll of the 1882 Bombay cyclone was said to be upward of what number, according to the initial articles examined by the author in Part 1, Section 10?

5. What storm was generated in the Arabian Sea in 2007, noted as its strongest storm ever?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe how irony applies in the story about Henry Piddington.

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

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

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

10. In what ways are Mumbai and New York similar?

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