1. When did the Enterprise reach Calcutta on its crossing from Falmouth?
(a) September 5, 1825.
(b) August 16, 1825.
(c) December 7, 1825.
(d) March 12, 1825.

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

3. When did the site of today's Mumbai first come under European rule when it was ceded to the Portuguese by the ruler of Gujarat?
(a) 1535.
(b) 1556.
(c) 1502.
(d) 1602.

4. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?
(a) Sittwe.
(b) Chattogram.
(c) Cox's Bazar.
(d) Sythet.

5. What word from Part II, Section 8 means ruling or dominant in a political or social context?
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Hegemonic.
(d) Admonic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, "Twentieth-century art has tended to search itself rather than exterior reality for beauty of meaning or truth, a condition that entails a new relationship between the work of art, the world, the spectator, and the artist" (119)?

2. What is the title and focus of Part II?

3. Who is the primatologist that insisted on "the unity of all elements on the planet earth--living and non-living" (64)?

4. Who wrote "Surely Descartes never saw an ape" (64)?

5. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

(see the answer key)

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