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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?
(a) Windy City.
(b) City of Broad Shoulders.
(c) Hog Butcher to the World.
(d) Second City.

2. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?
(a) The Antagonist.
(b) Grimus.
(c) The Golden House.
(d) Madame Rama.

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

4. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Rose.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Violet.

5. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?
(a) Breach Candy.
(b) Tardeo.
(c) Malabar Hill.
(d) Byculla.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss"khalaas"?

2. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?

4. From which of the following does Rushdie note borrowing?

5. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

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