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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) Antoine Galland.
(b) Jakob Grimm.
(c) Andrew Lang.
(d) Francis Perrault.

2. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?
(a) Ymir.
(b) Brunhild.
(c) Audumla.
(d) Buri.

3. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Alf Laylah wa Laylah.
(b) Rijal fi Alshams.
(c) Alsaaq fawq Alsaaq.
(d) Alliss Walkilab.

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

5. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Islington.
(b) Belsize Park.
(c) Kentish Town.
(d) Camden Town.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?

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

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