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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following does Rushdie note borrowing?
(a) Brihat Katha.
(b) Katha Sarit Sagara.
(c) Artha Shastra.
(d) Mudra Raksasha.

2. In what year did Heller publish Catch-22?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

3. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?
(a) Deliverer of Destinies.
(b) Destroyer of Delights.
(c) Denigrator of Dynasties.
(d) Desolator of Domains.

4. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Mia.
(b) Tahera.
(c) Nabeelah.
(d) Seema.

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare himself?
(a) Martin Amis.
(b) Saul Bellow.
(c) Adam Bellow.
(d) John Updike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

2. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in Stonehenge?

3. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?

4. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?

5. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?

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