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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 prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(d) Ian Hacking.

2. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1999.

3. When was Frankenstein published?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1802.

4. Who wrote Late Victorian Holocausts?
(a) Christian Parenti.
(b) Mike Davis.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Timothy Mitchell.

5. After the British deposited Thibaw, Burma's major oil wells passed into British control and became the nucleus of a megacorporation that was known until the 1960s as what?
(a) Esso.
(b) Burmah-Shell.
(c) Questerre Energy.
(d) Standard Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?

2. The author states in Part III, Section 7 that Western food production requires something in the range of how many fossil fuel calories for each food calorie?

3. Who was Lord Byron accompanied by when he moved to Geneva?

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

5. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?

(see the answer key)

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