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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. Where is Mrauk-U located?
(a) Burma.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Sri Lanka.

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

3. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?
(a) Chattogram.
(b) Sittwe.
(c) Cox's Bazar.
(d) Sythet.

4. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?
(a) May 6, 2017.
(b) November 3, 2015.
(c) September 6, 2014.
(d) June 4, 2011.

5. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?
(a) Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(b) The Empire Strikes Back.
(c) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
(d) Mummy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was The Hungry Tide published?

3. What giant leap of nature likely led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?

4. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?

5. Who wrote of coal mines, "the militancy that formed in these workplaces was typically an effort to defend this autonomy" (74)?

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