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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. Who wrote Madame Bovary?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Stephen Jay Gould.
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

2. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 16th century.
(c) The 17th century.
(d) The 18th century.

3. 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) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(c) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(d) The Empire Strikes Back.

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

5. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?

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?

3. Who wrote the novel Solaris?

4. The author states in Part 1, Section 10 that the city of Mumbai's health infrastructure was intended to cater to a population what times its size?

5. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?

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