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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?
(a) Walpurgisnacht.
(b) Beltane.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Pentecost.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?
(a) Two Noble Kinsmen.
(b) Cardenio.
(c) Love’s Labor’s Won.
(d) Thespis.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?
(a) Kölsch and Widmyer’s Pet Sematary.
(b) Schlöndorff’s Tin Drum.
(c) Scott’s Blade Runner.
(d) Jackson’s The Hobbit.

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

5. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Original.
(b) Dull.
(c) Derivative.
(d) Engaging.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie report having initially written the text of “Cervantes and Shakespeare”?

2. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note adapts Jan Potocki?

5. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?

(see the answer key)

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