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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described in Part 1, Section 3 as "one of the finest prose stylists of our time, she is passionate and deeply informed about climate change. Yet all her writings on these subjects are in various forms of nonfiction" (8)?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Arudhati Roy.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

2. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Thomas Burnet.
(d) Alfred Wegener.

3. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?
(a) The early 1920s.
(b) The early 1840s.
(c) The early 1860s.
(d) The late 1910s.

4. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) The Hungry Tide.
(b) The Vast Desert.
(c) The Red Tide.
(d) The Glass House.

5. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) March 2, 1975.
(b) September 3, 2001.
(c) July 2, 2005.
(d) December 25, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's forebearers resettle after the flooding of their first village?

2. 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?

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

4. When was The Hungry Tide published?

5. When was the city of Port Canning inaugurated with a grand ceremony?

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