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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. How many tons of dust did Mount Tambora emit when it erupted?
(a) 0.5 million.
(b) 4 million.
(c) 1.7 million.
(d) 2.2 million.

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

3. 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) Far Rockaway and Long Beach.
(b) Astoria and Williamsburg.
(c) Bellerose Terrace and Long Island City.
(d) Hicksville and North Fork.

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

5. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) July 2, 2005.
(b) December 25, 2004.
(c) September 3, 2001.
(d) March 2, 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what river did the author's parents live in their homeland?

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?

3. When did King Charles II marry Catherine of Graganza?

4. Who wrote Moby Dick?

5. Who wrote Germinal?

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