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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. Who was the originator of the theory of continental drift?
(a) Thomas Burnet.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Alfred Wegener.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.

2. What is the title of Part I of the book?
(a) "History."
(b) "Climate."
(c) "Stories."
(d) "Politics."

3. What is the nearest town of any size to Mrauk-U?
(a) Chattogram.
(b) Cox's Bazar.
(c) Sittwe.
(d) Sythet.

4. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?
(a) The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor, Maharashtra.
(b) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu.
(c) The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.
(d) The Bhabba Atomic Research Centre at Trombay.

5. The author states in Part 1, Section 2, "Recognition is famously a passage from" what to what (4)?
(a) "Injustice to justice."
(b) "Despair to hope."
(c) "Ignorance to knowledge."
(d) "Blindness to hope."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?

2. What word from the book refers to the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time?

3. When does the author describe a descending hailstorm in north Delhi in the beginning of Part 1, Section 5?

4. What does "Weltliteratur" translate to in English?

5. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?

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