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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2012.

2. 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) 1602.
(d) 1502.

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

4. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1625.

5. What storm was generated in the Arabian Sea in 2007, noted as its strongest storm ever?
(a) Cyclone Odisha.
(b) Cyclone Vayu.
(c) Cyclone Gonu.
(d) Cyclone Amphan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The death toll of the 1882 Bombay cyclone was said to be upward of what number, according to the initial articles examined by the author in Part 1, Section 10?

3. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?

4. What shoreside town of the Nicobar Islands does the author describe having been reduced to its foundations after the tsunami in Part 1, Section 9?

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

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