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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. Who was Mary Godwin's stepsister with whom Lord Byron had a brief affair in England?
(a) Mary.
(b) Claire.
(c) Emma.
(d) Sarah.

2. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Murali Ranganathan.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

3. The first steam-powered vessel to operate in India was a dredger on what river?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Hooghly River.
(c) The Feni River.
(d) The Ganges River.

4. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?
(a) Off the coast of Somalia.
(b) Off the coast of Jeddah.
(c) Off the coast of Dubai.
(d) Off the coast of Oman.

5. The story The Vampyre was based on what vampyric aristocrat?
(a) Thomas Burnet.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) August Darvell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?

2. When did Robert Fulton launch the first commercial steamboat on the Hudson River?

3. What writer and climate activited noted that "the most rational and considered response to the uncertainties of climate change can be found among military strategists..." (138)?

4. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?

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

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