1. Who was Mary Godwin's stepsister with whom Lord Byron had a brief affair in England?
(a) Emma.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Claire.

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

3. What is the title and central subject of Part III?
(a) "Politics."
(b) "Art."
(c) "History."
(d) "Stories."

4. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?
(a) Maycomb, Alabama.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Augusta, Georgia.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

5. In 1991, a cyclone in Bangladesh resulted in 138,000 people dead. What percentage of them were women?
(a) 70%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 90%.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?

4. Who wrote the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"?

5. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?

(see the answer key)

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