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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part 1, Section 2, "Recognition is famously a passage from" what to what (4)?
(a) "Ignorance to knowledge."
(b) "Injustice to justice."
(c) "Blindness to hope."
(d) "Despair to hope."

2. When was The Hungry Tide published?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2004.

3. When was the city of Port Canning inaugurated with a grand ceremony?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1854.

4. What shoreside town of the Nicobar Islands does the author describe having been reduced to its foundations after the tsunami in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Arong.
(b) Malacca.
(c) Rangat.
(d) Tamaloo.

5. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 18th century.
(b) The 17th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 16th century.

6. The author concludes Part 1, Section 14 with the following: "So, if for a moment, we were to take seriously the premise that I started with--that the Anthropocene has forced us to recognize that there are other, fully aware eyes looking over our shoulders--the the first question to present itself is this" (66). What is the question he poses next?
(a) "What is our place in this society?"
(b) "What is our place within Nature?"
(c) "What is the nonhuman being looking over us?"
(d) "What is the place for the nonhuman in the modern novel?"

7. When did Hurricane Catarina stike the coast of Brazil?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2012.

8. Who wrote Madame Bovary?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Stephen Jay Gould.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

9. Where is Adam Sobel a professor of atmospheric science?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Howard University.

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

11. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?
(a) Apex Drive.
(b) Sunset Drive.
(c) Marine Drive.
(d) River Drive.

12. How many were killed by the cyclone that the author describes encountering in Delhi in Part 1, Section 5?
(a) 22.
(b) 65.
(c) 59.
(d) 30.

13. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Narayan.
(b) Dukhey.
(c) Saraswati.
(d) Dokkhin Rai.

14. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?
(a) 1524.
(b) 1602.
(c) 1502.
(d) 1559.

15. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Journey of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Death of Bon Bibi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what river did the author's parents live in their homeland?

2. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?

3. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?

4. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?

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

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