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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) Franco Moretti.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(d) Ian Hacking.

2. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?
(a) May 6, 2017.
(b) September 6, 2014.
(c) November 3, 2015.
(d) June 4, 2011.

3. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Thomas Burnet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?

3. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?

4. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?

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?

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