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

2. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 18th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 17th century.

3. When was A River Called Titash published?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1956.

4. Where were the author's parents originally from?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Myanmar.
(d) Pakistan.

5. Who "argues that one of the original impulses of modernity is the project of 'partitioning,' or deepening the imaginary gulf between Nature and Culture" (68)?
(a) Bruno Latour.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Ernest Gellner.
(d) Ian Hacking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?

2. Who was Lord Byron accompanied by when he moved to Geneva?

3. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?

4. Who is described in Part 1, Section 6 as "a nineteenth-century Bengali writer and critic who self-consciously adopted the project of carving out fo a space in which realist European-style fiction could be written in the vernacular languages of India" (17)?

5. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?

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