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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) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Arudhati Roy.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

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

3. Who wrote the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"?
(a) Ernest Gellner.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Ian Hacking.

4. When was Frankenstein published?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1795.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?

2. What is one of India's most important scientific bodies that is located at the southernmost tip of Mumbai?

3. When did Cyclone Storm Chapala hit the shores of Yemen?

4. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?

5. What author did Lionel Trilling famously dismiss as one who thought "like a social function, not a novelist" (79-80)?

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