View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1856.

2. Which of the following resources does Rushdie note Sondheim as using?
(a) Songwriting for Dummies.
(b) Robert’s Rules of Order.
(c) Roget’s Thesaurus.
(d) Elements of Style.

3. With which of the following does Rushdie note Roth lived?
(a) Claire Bloom.
(b) Claire Danes.
(c) Molly Bloom.
(d) Molly Danes.

4. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?
(a) 13th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 7th.

5. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?
(a) Periphrasis.
(b) Laconism.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Litotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie report is considered Roth’s best novel?

3. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?

4. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample