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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section 5 - Part III, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?
(a) Ian Hacking.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Amitav Ghosh.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

2. Who wrote Cities of Salt?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Abdul Rahman Munif.

3. Where is Mrauk-U located?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Burma.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Bangladesh.

4. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?
(a) June 12, 1593.
(b) September 2, 1659.
(c) May 4, 1599.
(d) May 15, 1618.

5. The author states in Part 1, Section 10 that the city of Mumbai's health infrastructure was intended to cater to a population what times its size?
(a) 4/5.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Storm Surge?

2. When was the first successful drilling of an oil well at Oil Well Creek organized?

3. Who is the author of Rapture?

4. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?

5. The author concludes Part 1, Section 14 with the following: "So, if for a moment, we were to take seriously the premise that I started with--that the Anthropocene has forced us to recognize that there are other, fully aware eyes looking over our shoulders--the the first question to present itself is this" (66). What is the question he poses next?

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