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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Last Tango in Paris.
(b) Midnight Cowboy.
(c) Showgirls.
(d) The Birdcage.

2. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Portnoy’s Complaint?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

3. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?
(a) 15 January.
(b) 15 December.
(c) 15 November.
(d) 15 September.

4. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Ta-Nehisi Coates.
(b) Tomi Adeyemi.
(c) Nnedi Okorafor.
(d) NK Jemisin.

5. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?
(a) Liz Rosenberg.
(b) William H. Gass.
(c) Gail Godwin.
(d) John Gardner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

2. With which of the following does Rushdie note Roth lived?

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?

5. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?

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