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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section 15 - Part II, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What neighborhoods of Long Island does the author describe looking out of on a flight into J.F.K. and thinking they were sure to be swamped in a storm surge in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Astoria and Williamsburg.
(b) Far Rockaway and Long Beach.
(c) Hicksville and North Fork.
(d) Bellerose Terrace and Long Island City.

2. 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) Port Blair.
(c) Gopalpur.
(d) Port Sumi.

3. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(c) Murali Ranganathan.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

4. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?
(a) The Dhanmondis.
(b) The Sundarbans.
(c) The Gulshans.
(d) The Bandharas.

5. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?
(a) The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
(b) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
(c) The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
(d) Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?

2. Where is Mount Tambora in relation to Bali?

3. What author did Lionel Trilling famously dismiss as one who thought "like a social function, not a novelist" (79-80)?

4. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?

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

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