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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?
(a) Boaz Huss.
(b) Gershom Scholem.
(c) Joseph Dan.
(d) Moshe Idel.

3. Which of the following is carried in effigy in the Ganpati festival?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Ganesh.
(c) Rama.
(d) Indra.

4. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?
(a) The Devil Is an Ass.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) Eastward Hoe.
(d) Volpone.

5. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) Aurelian Buendía.
(b) Marie Boroff.
(c) JC Orozco.
(d) Gregory Rabassa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman in total?

2. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?

3. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?

4. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?

(see the answer key)

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