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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. Between 1998 and 2001, three cyclones crashed into the Indian subcontinent to the north of Mumbai. Approximately how many people were killed in these events?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 6,000.

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

3. Who is quoted in Part III, Section 3 for having said, "'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger" (134)?
(a) David Hume.
(b) Christian Parenti.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Eduardo Kohn.

4. 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?
(a) June 4, 2011.
(b) July 26, 2005.
(c) November 3, 2015.
(d) September 6, 2014.

5. Who was Mary Godwin's stepsister with whom Lord Byron had a brief affair in England?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Claire.
(d) Emma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Circle of Reason?

2. In what novel by the author does he describe a character experiencing the crossing of the Enterprise?

3. The novel The Circle of Reason involves the discovery of oil in a fictional emirate called what?

4. The word "moral" comes from a Latin root signifying what?

5. Who wrote Madame Bovary?

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