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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?
(a) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(b) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(c) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(d) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”

3. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?
(a) University of Edinburgh.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Imperial College London.
(d) Oxford.

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

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Antoine Galland.
(b) Francis Perrault.
(c) Andrew Lang.
(d) Jakob Grimm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

4. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

5. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?

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