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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?
(a) May 6, 2017.
(b) November 3, 2015.
(c) June 4, 2011.
(d) September 6, 2014.

2. Who wrote, "Climate change is inherently uncanny: Weather conditions, and the high-carbon lifestyles that are changing them, are extremely familiar and yet have now been given a new menace and uncertainty" (30)?
(a) George Marshall.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) John Milton.

3. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?
(a) Off the coast of Jeddah.
(b) Off the coast of Somalia.
(c) Off the coast of Dubai.
(d) Off the coast of Oman.

4. Who wrote, more than a quarter of a century ago, "We live in a post-natural world" (33)?
(a) Bill McKibben.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

5. What is the average population of the Greater Mumbai area today?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 20 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

2. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?

3. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?

4. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?

5. What storm was generated in the Arabian Sea in 2007, noted as its strongest storm ever?

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