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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 novels does Rushdie reference?
(a) Pudd’nhead Wilson.
(b) Innocents Abroad.
(c) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

2. Which of the following books does Rushdie reference?
(a) Seize the Day.
(b) Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
(c) Augie March.
(d) Ravelstein.

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

4. From which of the following does Rushdie note All in the Family is adapted?
(a) The Office.
(b) Strictly Come Dancing.
(c) Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
(d) Till Death Do Us Part.

5. With which of the following does the first essay of the section, “The Composite Artist,” begin?
(a) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(b) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(c) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(d) “Before there were books, there were stories.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following depicted Akbar in a cart?

2. Which of the following remarks that “India is no longer India” (233)?

3. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie cite as an example of a courageous politician?

5. In which of the following’s kingdoms was the Fountain of Youth reported to lie?

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