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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1625.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1616.
2. The death toll of the 1882 Bombay cyclone was said to be upward of what number, according to the initial articles examined by the author in Part 1, Section 10?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 200,000.
3. Who is the primatologist that insisted on "the unity of all elements on the planet earth--living and non-living" (64)?
(a) Imanishi Kinji.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
4. When does the author describe a descending hailstorm in north Delhi in the beginning of Part 1, Section 5?
(a) March 17, 1978.
(b) June 12, 1975.
(c) March 12, 1982.
(d) September 5, 2018.
5. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) The Vast Desert.
(b) The Hungry Tide.
(c) The Glass House.
(d) The Red Tide.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Matla River translate to in English?
2. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?
3. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?
4. What word used in the text refers to a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencent of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems?
5. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the tsunami invert the system of rank on the Nicobars?
2. What does the author recall noting about New York as he flew into JFK in Part I, Section 9?
3. What does the author write about unpredictable events in literature?
4. What did the author discover about the 1882 Mumbai cyclone?
5. How does Mumbai's infrastructure make it vulnerable to cyclones?
6. Why is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee discussed in the narrative?
7. What is the most important element of the word "recognition," according to the author in Part I, Section 2?
8. Describe how irony applies in the story about Henry Piddington.
9. Why does the author reference "The Climate of History" in Part I, Section 4? Who wrote this essay?
10. What do beachfront locations symbolize, according to the author?
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