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

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

3. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman in total?
(a) 1,212.
(b) 2,213.
(c) 3,214.
(d) 4,215.

4. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?
(a) Eastward Hoe.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) The Devil Is an Ass.
(d) Volpone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is carried in effigy in the Ganpati festival?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

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

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