1. Who is described in Part 1, Section 3 as "one of the finest prose stylists of our time, she is passionate and deeply informed about climate change. Yet all her writings on these subjects are in various forms of nonfiction" (8)?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Ian Hacking.
(c) Arudhati Roy.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

2. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?
(a) The early 1840s.
(b) The late 1910s.
(c) The early 1860s.
(d) The early 1920s.

3. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(d) Ian Hacking.

4. When was the manuel Classic of the Waterways of Sichuan published?
(a) The late 17th century.
(b) The late 19th century.
(c) The late 20th century.
(d) The late 18th century.

5. When did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1625.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1616.

Short Answer Questions

1. The death toll of the 1882 Bombay cyclone was said to be upward of what number, according to the initial articles examined by the author in Part 1, Section 10?

2. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?

3. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

4. The Bengal Delta is formed by the confluence of what rivers?

5. When did Robert Fulton launch the first commercial steamboat on the Hudson River?

(see the answer key)

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