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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. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Portnoy’s Complaint?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

2. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 1,095.
(b) 1,001.
(c) 1,189.
(d) 907.

3. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?
(a) Joyce’s “The Dead.”
(b) Kincaid’s “Girl.”
(c) Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
(d) Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Toy Dog.”

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

5. In drafting what novel does Rushdie turn to Amrita Sher-Gil?
(a) Haroun and the Sea of Stars.
(b) Luka and the Fire of Life.
(c) The Moor’s Last Sigh.
(d) The Satanic Verses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?

2. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?

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

4. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?

5. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

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