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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?
(a) Ramshackle.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Done for.
(d) Peace.

2. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Stan Laurel.
(c) Rudolph Valentino.
(d) Buster Keaton.

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

4. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Khattam Shud.
(b) Malik Solanka.
(c) Babar Shakil.
(d) Pamela Lovelace.

5. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?
(a) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(b) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(c) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(d) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?

2. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?

3. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?

4. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?

5. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

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