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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 the anthology dedicated?
(a) Nabeelah.
(b) Tahera.
(c) Seema.
(d) Mia.

2. Which of the following novels does Rushdie reference?
(a) Innocents Abroad.
(b) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
(c) Pudd’nhead Wilson.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

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

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

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?
(a) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.
(b) Overarching cultural story about the culture.
(c) Way of being in the world.
(d) Assertion of considered reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large an advance did Rushdie receive for his first published novel?

2. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?

4. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

5. Which of the following authors The Witch Must Die?

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