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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. What does the Matla River translate to in English?
(a) Loving River.
(b) Slow River.
(c) Rushing River.
(d) Crazed River.

2. How long is the system of the Owen fracture zone?
(a) 1,000 kilometers.
(b) 500 kilometers.
(c) 800 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

3. On what night did the author read about a cataclysmic tsunami set off by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean, according to his narrative in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) March 2, 1975.
(b) December 25, 2004.
(c) September 3, 2001.
(d) July 2, 2005.

4. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?
(a) 1602.
(b) 1502.
(c) 1524.
(d) 1559.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote Moby Dick?

3. When did King Charles II marry Catherine of Graganza?

4. When was The Circle of Reason published?

5. Who organized the first successful drilling of an oil well at Oil Well Creek?

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