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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 comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?
(a) John Berlin.
(b) Irving Berlin.
(c) Irving Howe.
(d) John Howe.

2. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?
(a) Paul Woflowitz.
(b) Rudy de Leon.
(c) Gordon England.
(d) Ash Carter.

3. Who was president of PEN America in 1986?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Mike Roberts.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

4. In which of the following’s kingdoms was the Fountain of Youth reported to lie?
(a) Mao Zedong.
(b) King Kong.
(c) Kublai Khan.
(d) Prester John.

5. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) NK Jemisin.
(b) Tomi Adeyemi.
(c) Ta-Nehisi Coates.
(d) Nnedi Okorafor.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is Hitchens’s mind compared?

2. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?

3. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?

4. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?

5. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?

(see the answer key)

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