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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. Along what river did the author's ancestors settle after their original village was flooded?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Muhuri River.
(c) The Feni River.
(d) The Ganges River.

2. Where were the author's parents originally from?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Myanmar.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Bangladesh.

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) Sunset Drive.
(c) Marine Drive.
(d) River Drive.

4. When did the great river that bordered the author's parents' homeland suddenly change course, drowning the village?
(a) The mid-1850s.
(b) The early-1840s.
(c) The mid-1860s.
(d) The late-1870s.

5. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?
(a) Augusta, Georgia.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Birmingham, Alabama.
(d) Maycomb, Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how long ago did China go through a "medieval economic revolution," according to the author in Part II, Section 5 (96)?

3. The author concludes Part 1, Section 14 with the following: "So, if for a moment, we were to take seriously the premise that I started with--that the Anthropocene has forced us to recognize that there are other, fully aware eyes looking over our shoulders--the the first question to present itself is this" (66). What is the question he poses next?

4. In what novel by the author does he describe a character experiencing the crossing of the Enterprise?

5. Who wrote, more than a quarter of a century ago, "We live in a post-natural world" (33)?

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