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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 report being among his father’s library?
(a) The Tribe that Lost Its Head.
(b) The Last Dark.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Other Wind.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?
(a) Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
(b) The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
(c) Grimus.
(d) The Satanic Verses.

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

5. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?
(a) FitzChivalry Farseer.
(b) Elijah Baley.
(c) Bilbo Baggins.
(d) Thomas Covenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman in total?

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

3. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

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

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

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