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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 Hurricane Catarina stike the coast of Brazil?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2012.

2. Who wrote Storm Surge?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Adam Sobel.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

3. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?
(a) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
(b) The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
(c) The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
(d) Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

4. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?
(a) Mummy.
(b) The Empire Strikes Back.
(c) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(d) Raiders of the Lost Ark.

5. Where is M. V. Ramana an associate of the Program on Science and Global Security?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word used in the text refers to a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencent of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems?

3. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?

4. 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?

5. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?

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