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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section 15 - Part II, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) July 2, 2005.
(b) December 25, 2004.
(c) September 3, 2001.
(d) March 2, 1975.

2. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?
(a) Matewan.
(b) Lone Star.
(c) The Brother from Another Planet.
(d) Passion Fish.

3. What neighborhoods of Long Island does the author describe looking out of on a flight into J.F.K. and thinking they were sure to be swamped in a storm surge in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Bellerose Terrace and Long Island City.
(b) Hicksville and North Fork.
(c) Far Rockaway and Long Beach.
(d) Astoria and Williamsburg.

4. Where is M. V. Ramana an associate of the Program on Science and Global Security?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Harvard University.

5. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Muhuri River.
(c) The Ganges River.
(d) The Feni River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary theorist said "fillers function very much like the good manners so important in [Jane] Austen" (17)?

2. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?

3. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?

4. The author states in Part 1, Section 2, "Recognition is famously a passage from" what to what (4)?

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

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