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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. Where was the author's first stop on his article about the effects of the tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Port Osney.
(b) Gopalpur.
(c) Port Blair.
(d) Port Sumi.

2. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?
(a) Off the coast of Jeddah.
(b) Off the coast of Dubai.
(c) Off the coast of Oman.
(d) Off the coast of Somalia.

3. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?
(a) Lone Star.
(b) Matewan.
(c) Passion Fish.
(d) The Brother from Another Planet.

4. Who wrote of coal mines, "the militancy that formed in these workplaces was typically an effort to defend this autonomy" (74)?
(a) Timothy Mitchell.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Franco Moretti.

5. When was Frankenstein published?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?

2. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?

3. Who organized the first successful drilling of an oil well at Oil Well Creek?

4. When was the manuel Classic of the Waterways of Sichuan published?

5. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?

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