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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. Which of the following authored The Enigma of Arrival?
(a) VS Naipaul.
(b) Nuruddin Farah.
(c) Bharati Mukherjee.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

2. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Mia.
(b) Seema.
(c) Tahera.
(d) Nabeelah.

3. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?
(a) Walter Raleigh.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Roger Ascham.
(d) Isaac Newton.

4. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Kentish Town.
(b) Belsize Park.
(c) Islington.
(d) Camden Town.

5. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Combat of Shadows.
(b) Hamzanama.
(c) Pataal Lok.
(d) Amar Chitra Katha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?

2. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?

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

4. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?

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