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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section 3 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Thomas Burnet.

2. Who testified to the Senate in 2013, saying that "extreme weather events (floods, droughts, heat waves) will increasingly disrupt food and energy markets, exacerbating state weakness, forcing human migrations, and triggering riots, civil disobedience, and vandalism" (140)?
(a) Christian Parenti.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Thomas Burnet.
(d) James Clapper.

3. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?
(a) November 3, 2015.
(b) June 4, 2011.
(c) July 26, 2005.
(d) September 6, 2014.

4. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2012.

5. When was the Treaty of Nanking signed on the Cornwallis?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1913.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

2. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?

3. Who wrote Cities of Salt?

4. What is the title and central subject of Part III?

5. Who wrote Frankenstein?

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