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

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

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

4. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?
(a) Tincture of eternity.
(b) Draught of somnolence.
(c) Nectar of immortality.
(d) Elixir of delight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?

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

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 translate sophos?

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

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