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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 comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?
(a) Irving Berlin.
(b) John Berlin.
(c) John Howe.
(d) Irving Howe.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?
(a) Shalimar the Clown.
(b) Midnight’s Children.
(c) Luka and the Fire of Life.
(d) Quichotte.

3. In what year did Heller publish Catch-22?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1962.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?

2. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?

3. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in the Kremlin?

4. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?

5. Which of the following authored The Enigma of Arrival?

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