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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. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

2. Who is the primatologist that insisted on "the unity of all elements on the planet earth--living and non-living" (64)?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(b) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Imanishi Kinji.

3. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?
(a) June 4, 2011.
(b) July 26, 2005.
(c) November 3, 2015.
(d) September 6, 2014.

4. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?
(a) 1.9 million passengers.
(b) 7.5 million passengers.
(c) 3.4 million passengers.
(d) 6.6 million passengers.

5. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Thomas Burnet.
(c) Alfred Wegener.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?

2. Who wrote Madame Bovary?

3. Who wrote An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms in 1828?

4. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?

5. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?

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