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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section 5 - Part III, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) The Falling Tide.
(b) The Flood.
(c) The Wake.
(d) The Glass Room.

2. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?
(a) Ian Hacking.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Amitav Ghosh.
(d) Franco Moretti.

3. What is described by the author in Part 1, Section 10 as one of Mumbai's most famous iconic street with sea-facing hotels famous for sunset views?
(a) Apex Drive.
(b) River Drive.
(c) Sunset Drive.
(d) Marine Drive.

4. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?
(a) The 1750s.
(b) The 1660s.
(c) The 1620s.
(d) The 1590s.

5. Who was Lord Byron accompanied by when he moved to Geneva?
(a) John Milton.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Dr. John Polidori.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose behest were a number of wildlife sanctuaries established in the Burmese kingdom from the 1850s onward?

2. How many were killed by the cyclone that the author describes encountering in Delhi in Part 1, Section 5?

3. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?

4. When did Mahatma Gandhi write "God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West" (111)?

5. Who wrote the novel Solaris?

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