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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which of the following English schools did Rushdie board?
(a) Rugby School.
(b) Eton College.
(c) Oakham School.
(d) Wycliffe School.

2. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?
(a) Heraclion.
(b) Ephesus.
(c) Pythagoreio.
(d) Patmos.

3. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?
(a) Barnes & Noble.
(b) Brother & Sister.
(c) Bird & Baby.
(d) Bowes & Bowes.

4. 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) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(c) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(d) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”

5. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?
(a) The Antagonist.
(b) Madame Rama.
(c) The Golden House.
(d) Grimus.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?

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

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

4. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?

5. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?

(see the answer key)

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