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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section 15 - Part II, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lord Byron accompanied by when he moved to Geneva?
(a) John Milton.
(b) Dr. John Polidori.
(c) Alfred Wegener.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

2. What is the title and focus of Part II?
(a) "History."
(b) "The Arts."
(c) "Stories."
(d) "Politics."

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

4. Where did the author's forebearers resettle after the flooding of their first village?
(a) Bihar.
(b) Sythet.
(c) Pataukhali.
(d) Dhaka.

5. Who wrote the novel Solaris?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Bill McKibben.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Frankenstein published?

2. What author did Lionel Trilling famously dismiss as one who thought "like a social function, not a novelist" (79-80)?

3. What word from the book refers to the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time?

4. What organization did Paul Kingsnorth create as "a network of writers, artists, and thinkers who have stopped believing the stories our civilization tells itself" (8)?

5. Where is Mrauk-U located?

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