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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. Who wrote Paul et Virginie?
(a) Bernadin de Saint-Pierre.
(b) Stanislaw Lem.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Ernest Gellner.

2. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?
(a) 7.5 million passengers.
(b) 1.9 million passengers.
(c) 3.4 million passengers.
(d) 6.6 million passengers.

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

4. Who wrote the novel War and Peace?
(a) Stanislaw Lem.
(b) Franco Moretti.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

5. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Dokkhin Rai.
(b) Saraswati.
(c) Narayan.
(d) Dukhey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Enterprise reach Calcutta on its crossing from Falmouth?

2. When was Warren Hastings impeached?

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

4. Who wrote Moby Dick?

5. What giant leap of nature likely led to the extinction of the dinosaurs?

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