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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part I of the book?
(a) "Politics."
(b) "Stories."
(c) "History."
(d) "Climate."

2. What giant leap of nature likely led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?
(a) The Aglale asteroid.
(b) The Chicxulub asteroid.
(c) The Apophis asteroid.
(d) The Bennu asteroid.

3. When did the great river that bordered the author's parents' homeland suddenly change course, drowning the village?
(a) The mid-1860s.
(b) The mid-1850s.
(c) The early-1840s.
(d) The late-1870s.

4. When does the author describe a descending hailstorm in north Delhi in the beginning of Part 1, Section 5?
(a) March 12, 1982.
(b) June 12, 1975.
(c) March 17, 1978.
(d) September 5, 2018.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

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

4. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?

5. From where in the Congo did a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in 1988?

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