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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. Along what river did the author's parents live in their homeland?
(a) The Padma River.
(b) The Feni River.
(c) The Meghna River.
(d) The Ganges River.

2. In what novel by the author does he describe a character experiencing the crossing of the Enterprise?
(a) The Hungry Tide.
(b) Flood of Fire.
(c) The Shadow Lines.
(d) Sea of Poppies.

3. Who wrote Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle?
(a) Alfred Wegener.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) Stephen Jay Gould.

4. Who was the author of The Malay Archipleago?
(a) Alfred Russell Wallace.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Ernest Gellner.

5. When did Mount Tambora erupt, creating the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history?
(a) April 5, 1802.
(b) April 5, 1892.
(c) April 5, 1846.
(d) April 5, 1815.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?

3. Who wrote Cities of Salt?

4. Who wrote, asking of England, "And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic mills?" (69)?

5. When does the author describe marching in a massive antiwar demonstration in New York in Part III, Section 2?

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