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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following slew the historical Hamza?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Hind.
(c) Wahshi.
(d) Abu Sufyan.

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

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?
(a) Spenser.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Milton.

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

5. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Dutch Kills.
(b) Hunters Point.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Sunnyside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?

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

3. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?

4. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “jahanpanah” (285)?

5. Which of the following prevails upon Clinton to meet personally with Rushdie?

(see the answer key)

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