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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 does "Weltliteratur" translate to in English?

2. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?

3. Who was Mary Godwin's stepsister with whom Lord Byron had a brief affair in England?

4. Who wrote Paul et Virginie?

5. The word "moral" comes from a Latin root signifying what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Registry Act?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Bruno Latour define modernity?

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

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

Discuss the narrative style of The Great Derangement. From what perspective is the narrative related? In what tense is it related? Did you feel enticed to keep reading based on the book's narrative style? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What is geological gradualism? When did this theory arise? What is its opposite? Connect this theory to climate change. How does gradualism apply in literature?

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