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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. When did the Kosi River disaster in Bihar occur?
3. Who was the author of The Malay Archipleago?
4. What author did Lionel Trilling famously dismiss as one who thought "like a social function, not a novelist" (79-80)?
5. The first steam-powered vessel to operate in India was a dredger on what river?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Moby Dick discussed in the book? Who wrote this novel?
2. How does Bruno Latour define modernity?
3. Who wrote the sonnet "The World is Too Much With Us" and why does the author discuss it in the book?
4. How is "climate fiction" defined and who are some of the authors of this genre discussed in the book?
5. What is noted from the manual Classic of the Waterways of Sichuan in Part II, Section 5?
6. Who was Mahatma Gandhi and why does the author discuss him in Part II, Section 9?
7. How does the author compare the novels Rapture and Flight Behavior in the book?
8. How does the author describe the motivations for the push for oil consumption over coal in Part I, Section 17?
9. Who wrote The Glass Palace and what is it about?
10. Who was Bernadin de Saint-Pierre and why is he discussed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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