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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. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?
(a) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(b) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(c) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(d) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”

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

3. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Rose.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Violet.
(d) Laurel.

4. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?
(a) The Antagonist.
(b) Madame Rama.
(c) Midnight’s Children.
(d) Grimus.

5. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) Stephen King.
(b) Randall Jarrell.
(c) André Malraux.
(d) Brandon Sanderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?

3. At which of the following English schools did Rushdie board?

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

5. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?

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