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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. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?
(a) 500 kilometers.
(b) 800 kilometers.
(c) 1,000 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

2. Who stated, of the most powerful nations that are also oil states, "without the energy they derive from oil their current forms of political and economic life would not exist" (142)?
(a) Timothy Mitchell.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Thomas Burnet.
(d) Christian Parenti.

3. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Dukhey.
(b) Dokkhin Rai.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Saraswati.

4. The author states in Part III, Section 7 that Western food production requires something in the range of how many fossil fuel calories for each food calorie?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 25.

5. When did Mahatma Gandhi write "God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West" (111)?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Part II, Section 1, "If Bruno Latour is right, then to be modern is to envision time as" what (123)?

2. What does "Weltliteratur" translate to in English?

3. What is the title of Part I of the book?

4. Who is the former head of the U.S. Pacific Command that said climate change was likely the biggest threat to long-term security for the U.S. in the Pacific region in 2013?

5. Approximately how many deaths were attributed to the 2010 heat wave in Russia?

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