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

2. Who wrote "Surely Descartes never saw an ape" (64)?
(a) Linnaeus.
(b) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

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) June 4, 2011.
(b) July 26, 2005.
(c) September 6, 2014.
(d) November 3, 2015.

4. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Alfred Wegener.
(d) John Milton.

5. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?
(a) Bali.
(b) Iran.
(c) Goa.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author's first stop on his article about the effects of the tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Part 1, Section 9?

2. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?

3. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?

4. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?

5. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located and why did the author go there?

2. How are novels about climate change marginalized from mainstream literature, according to the author in Part I, Section 3?

3. Where are the author's ancestors from? What led to their relocation?

4. Why does the author reference "The Climate of History" in Part I, Section 4? Who wrote this essay?

5. To what does the author attribute mankind's tendency toward living near bodies of water?

6. How did the tsunami invert the system of rank on the Nicobars?

7. How does Mumbai's infrastructure make it vulnerable to cyclones?

8. What is Cartesian dualism?

9. Who wrote the novel A River Called Titash? What is it about?

10. What is imperialism?

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