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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. When did the Enterprise depart Falmouth for Calcutta?
(a) June 15, 1825.
(b) September 5, 1825.
(c) March 12, 1825.
(d) August 16, 1825.

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

3. When did the Enterprise reach Calcutta on its crossing from Falmouth?
(a) August 16, 1825.
(b) December 7, 1825.
(c) September 5, 1825.
(d) March 12, 1825.

4. What French traveler translated the works of Descartes into Persian during his travels in Asia?
(a) Pierre Zoiche.
(b) Francois Bernier.
(c) Alexandre de Bouchan.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the tsunami's actions respond to the system of military rank in how it hit the Nicobar Islands?

2. Between 1998 and 2001, three cyclones crashed into the Indian subcontinent to the north of Mumbai. Approximately how many people were killed in these events?

3. What neighborhoods of Long Island does the author describe looking out of on a flight into J.F.K. and thinking they were sure to be swamped in a storm surge in Part 1, Section 9?

4. Who wrote the novel Solaris?

5. What term from Norse mythology meaning "great winter" is used in Part 1, Section 12?

(see the answer key)

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