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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?
(a) Windy City.
(b) Second City.
(c) City of Broad Shoulders.
(d) Hog Butcher to the World.

2. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

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

4. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?
(a) Rudolph Valentino.
(b) Charlie Chaplin.
(c) Stan Laurel.
(d) Buster Keaton.

5. Which of the following is carried in effigy in the Ganpati festival?
(a) Indra.
(b) Ganesh.
(c) Rama.
(d) Vishnu.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

3. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?

4. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?

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

(see the answer key)

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