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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section 3 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What John Sayles's film is praised by the author in Part I, Section 17?
(a) Passion Fish.
(b) The Brother from Another Planet.
(c) Lone Star.
(d) Matewan.

4. In what century were Mumbai, Chennai, New York, and Charleston founded?
(a) The 18th century.
(b) The 17th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 16th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author attribute the tendency for the proximity to water being a status symbol in Part 1, Section 9?

2. When did U. Thant serve as the secretary-general of the United Nations?

3. In the First Opium War, armored steamships led by one named what, played a decisive role?

4. Who wrote of coal mines, "the militancy that formed in these workplaces was typically an effort to defend this autonomy" (74)?

5. On what date did a flood without precedent in Mumbai's recorded history descend on the city, dumping 94.4 cm. of rain in 14 hours on the northern suburbs?

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