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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part II, Section 1, "If Bruno Latour is right, then to be modern is to envision time as" what (123)?
(a) "Functioning."
(b) "Irreversable."
(c) "Constant."
(d) "Reversable."

2. The first steam-powered vessel to operate in India was a dredger on what river?
(a) The Feni River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Meghna River.
(d) The Hooghly River.

3. Near what town was the site of the first successful drilling at Oil Well Creek located?
(a) Hershey, Pennsylvania.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Titusville, Pennsylvania.

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

5. The author's novel The Glass Palace touches upon a place in Burma where oil had bubbled up to the surface. What is the name of the place?
(a) Sythet.
(b) Chattogram.
(c) Dhaka.
(d) Yenangyaung.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"?

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

5. Where is Mrauk-U located?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did China undergo a "medieval economic revolution" (98) according to the author in Part II, Section 5? What were the impacts of this revolution?

2. How is "speculative fiction" defined?

3. When did Mount Tambora erupt? How is this event described?

4. Who was Mahatma Gandhi and why does the author discuss him in Part II, Section 9?

5. Who was Bernadin de Saint-Pierre and why is he discussed?

6. What is noted from the manual Classic of the Waterways of Sichuan in Part II, Section 5?

7. How does the author describe the vessel called the Enterprise?

8. What was the Registry Act?

9. What was the first steam-powered vessel to operate in India and how is it described?

10. Why is Mary Shelley discussed in Part I, Section 15?

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