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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 does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Andrew Lang.
(b) Antoine Galland.
(c) Jakob Grimm.
(d) Francis Perrault.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Tristram Shandy.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

3. Which of the following fantasy authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hobb.
(c) McKillip.
(d) Le Guin.

4. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?
(a) Deliverer of Destinies.
(b) Destroyer of Delights.
(c) Denigrator of Dynasties.
(d) Desolator of Domains.

5. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 1,001.
(b) 907.
(c) 1,095.
(d) 1,189.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?

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

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

5. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

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