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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 districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?
(a) Tardeo.
(b) Breach Candy.
(c) Malabar Hill.
(d) Byculla.

2. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?
(a) Imperial College London.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) University of Edinburgh.
(d) Oxford.

3. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?
(a) Ragtime.
(b) Andrew’s Brain.
(c) Loon Lake.
(d) World’s Fair.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?

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

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

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

5. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?

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