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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?
(a) City-born.
(b) Insightful.
(c) Far-seeing.
(d) Clever-tongued.

4. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Honesty.

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) David Grossman.
(c) Jesmyn Ward.
(d) William Styron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

2. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?

3. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in the Kremlin?

4. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?

5. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?

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