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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section 3 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author write the note: "I do believe it to be true that the land here is demonstrably alive; that it does not exist solely, or even incidentally, as a stage for the enactment of human history; that it is [itself] a protagonist" (6)?
(a) September 2000.
(b) March 1999.
(c) May 2002.
(d) June 2003.

2. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?
(a) He worked as a journalist.
(b) He worked as a tutor.
(c) He worked as a book editor.
(d) He worked as a librarian.

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

4. Along what river did the author's parents live in their homeland?
(a) The Feni River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Meghna River.
(d) The Padma River.

5. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?
(a) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu.
(b) The Bhabba Atomic Research Centre at Trombay.
(c) The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor, Maharashtra.
(d) The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Late Victorian Holocausts?

2. About how long ago did China go through a "medieval economic revolution," according to the author in Part II, Section 5 (96)?

3. The author states in Part 1, Section 2, "Recognition is famously a passage from" what to what (4)?

4. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?

5. The author asserts in Part III, Section 3, "Sincerity has nothing to do with rationing water during a drought, as in today's California: this is not a measure that can be left to the individual conscience. To think in those terms is to accept" what (133)?

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