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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?
(a) September 2, 1659.
(b) May 4, 1599.
(c) May 15, 1618.
(d) June 12, 1593.

2. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Murali Ranganathan.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

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

4. Who wrote the seminal essay "The Climate of HIstory"?
(a) Dipesh Chakrabarty.
(b) Arudhati Roy.
(c) Ian Hacking.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

5. Where was the author's first stop on his article about the effects of the tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Port Sumi.
(b) Port Blair.
(c) Port Osney.
(d) Gopalpur.

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

7. What literary theorist said "fillers function very much like the good manners so important in [Jane] Austen" (17)?
(a) Ian Hacking.
(b) Alfred Wegener.
(c) Franco Moretti.
(d) Stanislaw Lem.

8. Where is the Owen fracture zone located?
(a) Off the coast of Oman.
(b) Off the coast of Somalia.
(c) Off the coast of Jeddah.
(d) Off the coast of Dubai.

9. When was the city of Port Canning inaugurated with a grand ceremony?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1826.

10. 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) 6.6 million passengers.
(d) 3.4 million passengers.

11. What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?
(a) Maycomb, Alabama.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Augusta, Georgia.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

12. When was the movie made that is referenced in Part 1, Section 1?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1999.

13. Along what river did the author's parents live in their homeland?
(a) The Meghna River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Feni River.
(d) The Padma River.

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

15. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?
(a) The Gulshans.
(b) The Dhanmondis.
(c) The Sundarbans.
(d) The Bandharas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rajmohan's Wife written in English?

2. What shoreside town of the Nicobar Islands does the author describe having been reduced to its foundations after the tsunami in Part 1, Section 9?

3. Who is the primatologist that insisted on "the unity of all elements on the planet earth--living and non-living" (64)?

4. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?

5. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

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