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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author write the note: "I do believe it to be true that the land here is demonstrably alive; that it does not exist solely, or even incidentally, as a stage for the enactment of human history; that it is [itself] a protagonist" (6)?
(a) March 1999.
(b) May 2002.
(c) September 2000.
(d) June 2003.

2. Where were the author's parents originally from?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Myanmar.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Bangladesh.

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

4. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Saraswati.
(b) Dukhey.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Dokkhin Rai.

5. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Death of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Journey of Bon Bibi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?

2. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?

3. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?

4. Who wrote Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle?

5. What earlier book by the author does he reference in Part 1, Section 2?

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