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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. The author states in Part II, Section 2, "In China, which feeds more than 20 percent of the world's population off 7 percent of the world's arable land, desertification is already causing direct annual losses of" how much (89)?
(a) $65 billion.
(b) $75 billion.
(c) $45 billion.
(d) $25 billion.

2. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Muhuri River.
(c) The Feni River.
(d) The Ganges River.

3. Who wrote Germinal?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Ernest Gellner.
(d) Emile Zola.

4. When did Mount Tambora erupt, creating the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history?
(a) April 5, 1815.
(b) April 5, 1892.
(c) April 5, 1846.
(d) April 5, 1802.

5. Who is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Powell that said "The only department in ... Washington that is clearly and completely seized with the idea that climate change is real is the Dept. of Defense" (139)?
(a) Colonel Chuck Wald.
(b) Colonel George Marshall.
(c) Colonel Alfred Wegener.
(d) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1998 and 2001, three cyclones crashed into the Indian subcontinent to the north of Mumbai. Approximately how many people were killed in these events?

2. The author asserts in Part III, Section 3, "Sincerity has nothing to do with rationing water during a drought, as in today's California: this is not a measure that can be left to the individual conscience. To think in those terms is to accept" what (133)?

3. To what does the author attribute the tendency for the proximity to water being a status symbol in Part 1, Section 9?

4. When did the Enterprise depart Falmouth for Calcutta?

5. What is the title and focus of Part II?

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