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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. In what hospital does Sikander examine Trump for Brugada syndrome?
(a) St. Jude’s.
(b) Mayo Clinic.
(c) Mount Sinai.
(d) Bethlehem.

2. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

3. What time is Trump’s appointment with Sikander?
(a) Eight in the evening.
(b) Six in the evening.
(c) Eight in the morning.
(d) Nine in the morning.

4. Which of the following does the narrator receive as a gift for his forty-second birthday?
(a) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the First Folio.
(b) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the Second Folio.
(c) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the Second Folio.
(d) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the First Folio.

5. 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 “blush.”
(b) A “surge.”
(c) A “throbbing.”
(d) A “swelling.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator assert is the location of the New Khalwati Order?

2. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following polka artists does the narrator note his mother dislikes?

5. In what year is the narrator born?

(see the answer key)

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