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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. 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) Port Sumi.
(d) Gopalpur.

2. Where is Mrauk-U located?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Burma.
(d) Sri Lanka.

3. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?
(a) He worked as a journalist.
(b) He worked as a librarian.
(c) He worked as a tutor.
(d) He worked as a book editor.

4. What literary theorist said "fillers function very much like the good manners so important in [Jane] Austen" (17)?
(a) Alfred Wegener.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Madame Bovary?

2. How many tons of dust did Mount Tambora emit when it erupted?

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

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

5. What anthropologist wrote How Forests Think?

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