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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. When did Mahatma Gandhi write "God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West" (111)?

2. Who wrote the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"?

3. When did the Enterprise depart Falmouth for Calcutta?

4. What is the title and focus of Part II?

5. When did the Kosi River disaster in Bihar occur?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did Mount Tambora erupt? How is this event described?

4. What was the Registry Act?

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

6. How is "speculative fiction" defined?

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

8. What was the first steam-powered vessel to operate in India and how is it described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the structure of the Great Derangement. How does the author set up his thesis? How does he go about proving it? How are the chapters structured and why are they structured in this way?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the literary genres of fiction, science fiction, fantasy, magical fiction, and climate fiction (cli-fi). What do they share in common? What makes each unique? When did these genres emerge?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impacts of the internet and technology on climate change and climate change activism. When did the internet first become commonplace in the American home? How has culture changed as a result? How is technology helpful in the fight against climate change?

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