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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. The novel The Circle of Reason involves the discovery of oil in a fictional emirate called what?
(a) Al-Harrissa.
(b) Al-Isthan.
(c) Al-Ghazira.
(d) Al-Bhrama.

2. Who wrote An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms in 1828?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(c) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(d) Colonel Henry Reid.

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

4. When did the great earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila, according to the author in Part 1, Section 7?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2009.

5. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Catarina stike the coast of Brazil?

2. When does the author describe marching in a massive antiwar demonstration in New York in Part III, Section 2?

3. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?

4. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?

5. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?

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