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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 first steam-powered vessel to operate in India was a dredger on what river?

2. Who wrote Germinal?

3. What author did Lionel Trilling famously dismiss as one who thought "like a social function, not a novelist" (79-80)?

4. When did the Enterprise reach Calcutta on its crossing from Falmouth?

5. Who wrote of coal mines, "the militancy that formed in these workplaces was typically an effort to defend this autonomy" (74)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What determined the shape of the global carbon economy, according to the author in Part II, Section 8?

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

7. When did China undergo a "medieval economic revolution" (98) according to the author in Part II, Section 5? What were the impacts of this revolution?

8. How is "climate fiction" defined and who are some of the authors of this genre discussed in the book?

9. How does the author describe the motivations for the push for oil consumption over coal in Part I, Section 17?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three examples of symbolism in The Great Derangement. What does the symbol represent? How does this symbol relate to the book's themes? What does the symbol mean to you?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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