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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. Who wrote the seminal essay "The Climate of HIstory"?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Arudhati Roy.

2. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?
(a) Off the coast of Oman.
(b) Off the coast of Dubai.
(c) Off the coast of Somalia.
(d) Off the coast of Jeddah.

3. What was the first year that the Arabian Sea was known to have generated more storms than the Bay of Bengal?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2019.

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

5. Who is the author of Rapture?
(a) Ernest Gellner.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Liz Jensen.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

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. When was The Circle of Reason published?

3. The story The Vampyre was based on what vampyric aristocrat?

4. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?

5. What word used in the text refers to a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencent of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems?

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