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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 report being among his father’s library?
(a) The Tribe that Lost Its Head.
(b) The Last Dark.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Other Wind.

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

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

4. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?
(a) John Gardner.
(b) Gail Godwin.
(c) William H. Gass.
(d) Liz Rosenberg.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?
(a) Assertion of considered reason.
(b) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.
(c) Overarching cultural story about the culture.
(d) Way of being in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

2. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

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

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

5. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?

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