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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapter VIII and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Bill Nye’s show.
(b) David Letterman’s show.
(c) Larry King’s show.
(d) Bill Maher’s show.

2. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1991.

3. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe his own skin tone (194)?
(a) Burnished bronze.
(b) Tarnished-penny.
(c) Steamed cinnamon.
(d) Pekoe and turmeric.

4. The term “zamindar” refers to which of the following in the novel?
(a) Landowning.
(b) Renting.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Ennobled.

5. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Sense and Sensibility.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mansfield Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?

2. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

3. The sentence “Deluded admonitions, however true; futile tenderness, however comforting” (120) offers examples of which of the following?

4. Which of the following words does Rind’s research indicate people in the United States associate with Islam (138)?

5. What profession does Muzzammil follow?

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