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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?
(a) The Devil Is an Ass.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) Eastward Hoe.
(d) Volpone.

2. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?
(a) Clever-tongued.
(b) Insightful.
(c) City-born.
(d) Far-seeing.

3. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?
(a) Kashgar.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Abyssinia.
(d) Samarkand.

4. From which of the following does Rushdie note borrowing?
(a) Brihat Katha.
(b) Mudra Raksasha.
(c) Artha Shastra.
(d) Katha Sarit Sagara.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?
(a) Draught of somnolence.
(b) Tincture of eternity.
(c) Nectar of immortality.
(d) Elixir of delight.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following English schools did Rushdie board?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

3. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?

4. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?

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