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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 of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Sonny Ibrahim.
(b) Mian Abdullah.
(c) Saleem Sinai.
(d) Aadam Aziz.

2. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) Brandon Sanderson.
(b) Randall Jarrell.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) André Malraux.

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

4. In the context of discussing Muhammad Ali, the word “hagiography” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Laughing-earth writing.
(b) Shame-writing.
(c) Hag-writing.
(d) Praise-writing.

5. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

2. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?

3. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

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

5. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

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