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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section 3 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?
(a) The Gulshans.
(b) The Sundarbans.
(c) The Bandharas.
(d) The Dhanmondis.

2. Who wrote Frankenstein?
(a) Ian Hacking.
(b) Ernest Gellner.
(c) Mary Shelley.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

3. How many tons of dust did Mount Tambora emit when it erupted?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 2.2 million.
(c) 1.7 million.
(d) 0.5 million.

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

5. Who is the former head of the U.S. Pacific Command that said climate change was likely the biggest threat to long-term security for the U.S. in the Pacific region in 2013?
(a) Admiral Chuck Wald.
(b) Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III.
(c) Admiral George Marshall.
(d) Admiral Alfred Wegener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What giant leap of nature likely led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?

2. The author asserts in Part II, Section 8, "Where it concerns human beings, it is almost always true that the more anxiously we look for purity the more likely we are to come upon" what (108)?

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

4. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

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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