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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?

3. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?

4. How did the tsunami's actions respond to the system of military rank in how it hit the Nicobar Islands?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the author's ancestors from? What led to their relocation?

2. Where are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located and why did the author go there?

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

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

5. What does the author write about unpredictable events in literature?

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

7. What did the author discover about the 1882 Mumbai cyclone?

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

9. Who wrote The Hungry Tide and what is it about?

10. What is Cartesian dualism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of freedom and modernity in The Great Derangement. How does the author define these terms? How are they defined by others? What statements is the author making about freedom and modernity?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss three examples of irony in The Great Derangement. What type of irony is used in each example? How does the example affect the mood/tone of the chapter? What effect does the irony have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the language and the intentions of the 2015 Paris Agreement with the papal encyclical of the same year, Laudato si'. What is the premise of each document? What is its relationship to climate change? Which of the two appears more sincere? Why?

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