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

2. Which of the following is carried in effigy in the Ganpati festival?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Ganesh.
(c) Rama.
(d) Indra.

3. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Blessed.
(b) Saved.
(c) Damned.
(d) Cursed.

4. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Canasta.
(b) Hubbard.
(c) MacDonald.
(d) Bingo.

5. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?

3. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?

4. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?

5. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?

(see the answer key)

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