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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 Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?
(a) 1524.
(b) 1559.
(c) 1502.
(d) 1602.

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

3. When did King Charles II marry Catherine of Graganza?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1661.
(d) 1673.

4. Who wrote "Surely Descartes never saw an ape" (64)?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Linnaeus.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Ovid.

5. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Death of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Journey of Bon Bibi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?

2. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?

3. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?

4. What does the Matla River translate to in English?

5. When does the author describe a descending hailstorm in north Delhi in the beginning of Part 1, Section 5?

(see the answer key)

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