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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Ramshackle.
(c) Suspect.
(d) Done for.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
(a) Liu Xiaobo.
(b) Seamus Heaney.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Bob Dylan.

3. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?
(a) 12th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 9th.

4. In what year does Rushdie report having initially written the text of “Cervantes and Shakespeare”?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2015.

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Buster Keaton.
(b) Rudolph Valentino.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Stan Laurel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dickens die?

2. Which essay does Rushdie note was removed from the Delhi University curriculum?

3. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?

4. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?

5. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?

(see the answer key)

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