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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 poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Confusion.”
(b) “The Land of Discontent.”
(c) “The Land of Found Content.”
(d) “The Land of Lost Content.”

2. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?
(a) Pentecost.
(b) Walpurgisnacht.
(c) Beltane.
(d) Ramadan.

3. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?
(a) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(b) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(c) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(d) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”

4. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “Navratnas” (292)?
(a) Never Eating.
(b) Two Onions.
(c) Nine Jewels.
(d) Guide Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?

2. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?

4. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?

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

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