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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. The Bengal Delta is formed by the confluence of what rivers?
2. Who wrote of coal mines, "the militancy that formed in these workplaces was typically an effort to defend this autonomy" (74)?
3. Who wrote Germinal?
4. At whose behest were a number of wildlife sanctuaries established in the Burmese kingdom from the 1850s onward?
5. What word from Part II, Section 8 means ruling or dominant in a political or social context?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Moby Dick discussed in the book? Who wrote this novel?
2. How does the author compare the novels Rapture and Flight Behavior in the book?
3. How does the author describe the motivations for the push for oil consumption over coal in Part I, Section 17?
4. Who wrote The Glass Palace and what is it about?
5. How does Bruno Latour define modernity?
6. Who was Bernadin de Saint-Pierre and why is he discussed?
7. What does the author write of the universalist premise of industrial civilization?
8. What was the first steam-powered vessel to operate in India and how is it described?
9. Who was Mahatma Gandhi and why does the author discuss him in Part II, Section 9?
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
Discuss the reasons that climate change is not frequently addressed in contemporary literature. What aspects of climate change prove difficult for the writer to translate into novel form? What are some of the exceptions of contemporary authors who do write about climate change? What makes their work unique?
Essay Topic 3
How is climate change framed as a "moral issue" (132)? What does this term mean? Why does the author oppose this term? Do you agree with the author's assessment? Why or why not?
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