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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 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?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Anaphora.

2. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

3. In what year did Muzzammil immigrate to the San Diego area?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1976.

4. 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 “swelling.”
(c) A “throbbing.”
(d) A “surge.”

5. Which of the following is the name of Muzzammil’s wife?
(a) Anjum.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Safiya.
(d) Asha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Fatima die?

2. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?

3. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?

4. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?

5. The comment that “The Raj was the jewel in His Majesty’s crown” (27) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fatima expect will be Anjum’s fate, and what actually does happen to Anjum?

2. What reasons does Asma give for disliking The Satanic Verses?

3. What message does the narrator note is sent by the United States turning against Afghanistan and Iraq in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

4. What writerly insight does the narrator report having had regarding the 2016 presidential election?

5. With what events listed in the novel’s chronology is Trump involved?

6. What does the narrator come to learn is the intent behind questions about whether his play is autobiographical?

7. What parallels does the narrator draw between his father and Trump when initially discussing their first meeting?

8. What does the narrator cite as major disagreements his mother has with the idea of American exceptionalism that his father espouses?

9. What form does Latif’s bent towards charitable work take throughout his medical career?

10. What reasons does the narrator give for his mother not watching the news?

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