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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. What anthropologist wrote How Forests Think?

2. What is the title and central subject of Part III?

3. Who wrote Paul et Virginie?

4. When was the manuel Classic of the Waterways of Sichuan published?

5. What French traveler translated the works of Descartes into Persian during his travels in Asia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the vessel called the Enterprise?

2. Why is Mary Shelley discussed in Part I, Section 15?

3. Who was Mahatma Gandhi and why does the author discuss him in Part II, Section 9?

4. How is "speculative fiction" defined?

5. What does the author write of the universalist premise of industrial civilization?

6. Who wrote The Glass Palace and what is it about?

7. Who wrote the sonnet "The World is Too Much With Us" and why does the author discuss it in the book?

8. Who was Bernadin de Saint-Pierre and why is he discussed?

9. Why is Moby Dick discussed in the book? Who wrote this novel?

10. How does the author compare the novels Rapture and Flight Behavior in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the author make a call for religious leaders to take a stand on climate change? How might this influence change globally? What are the current positions of religious leaders regarding climate change?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of setting in literature. The author discusses setting as an important aspect in literature for what reasons? How does setting inform characters? How does it inform the action of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the tornado that the author encountered in Dubai. How does the author use this experience to make a point about literature? What imagery is used in the description of this event? Do you agree with the author's statement about improbability? Why or why not?

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