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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. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “dev” (298)?
(a) Blue fairy.
(b) Developer.
(c) Good fairy.
(d) Bad fairy.

2. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Babar Shakil.
(b) Pamela Lovelace.
(c) Khattam Shud.
(d) Malik Solanka.

3. Who claims to have been the inspiration for Rushdie’s character Vina Aspara?
(a) Asha Puthli.
(b) Seema Unni.
(c) Asha Unni.
(d) Seema Puthli.

4. In what decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1940s.

5. Of what city’s organized crime does Roberto Saviano write?
(a) Venice.
(b) Naples.
(c) Padua.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does Rushdie note All in the Family is adapted?

2. Which of the following authors The Witch Must Die?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “ayyar” (296)?

4. At which of the following is Rushdie a distinguished professor?

5. Which of the following slew the historical Hamza?

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