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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in the Kremlin?
(a) “Be patient. We haven’t forgotten you.”
(b) “Pack up your things and be ready to leave on short notice.”
(c) “Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed.”
(d) “You will be on your way before you know it.”

2. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?
(a) University of Edinburgh.
(b) Imperial College London.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

3. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Combat of Shadows.
(b) Pataal Lok.
(c) Amar Chitra Katha.
(d) Hamzanama.

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

5. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?
(a) Masha.
(b) Soumitra.
(c) Hairoil.
(d) Hanif.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?

2. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

3. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

5. Which of the following books does Rushdie reference?

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