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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. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 17th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 18th century.

2. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Franco Moretti.

3. The story The Vampyre was based on what vampyric aristocrat?
(a) August Darvell.
(b) Thomas Burnet.
(c) Stanislaw Lem.
(d) John Milton.

4. 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) May 2002.
(b) September 2000.
(c) June 2003.
(d) March 1999.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the average population of the Greater Mumbai area today?

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

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

5. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?

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