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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Rajkot.
(d) Lahore.

2. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?
(a) Burton Raffel.
(b) Edith Grossman.
(c) John Rutherford.
(d) JM Cohen.

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

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

5. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?
(a) Wylie.
(b) BJ Robbins.
(c) Veritas.
(d) InkWell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?

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

4. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?

5. How large an advance did Rushdie receive for his first published novel?

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