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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Houston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

2. How does the character in the narrator’s play describe “something unexpected and unwelcome, a sense of pride” after the 11 September 2001 attacks (24)?
(a) A “surge.”
(b) A “swelling.”
(c) A “blush.”
(d) A “throbbing.”

3. Rooh Afza lassi is which of the following?
(a) A vanilla-flavored squash beverage.
(b) A rose-flavored dairy beverage.
(c) A rose-flavored squash beverage.
(d) An unflavored squash beverage.

4. The comment that “The Prophet’s Safiya was supposedly a very beautiful woman, which is not exactly what I would have said of the Safiya I knew, at least not before saying other things about her” (55) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?
(a) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(b) Linguini alfredo.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Veal parmigiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?

2. The comment about “his ceaselessly shifting emotions, his evasions and avowals and disavowals, the steady shedding of his civility” (14) offers examples of which of the following?

3. Which writer does the narrator remark “would not be surprised” at the ascent of Trump (23)?

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s uncle Naseem cite “as proof of his point about the fundamental military basis of great leadership” (76)?

5. What profession had Sikander’s father held?

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