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

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

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Ramshackle.
(d) Done for.

4. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) University of Edinburgh.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Imperial College London.

5. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?

2. Which of the following fantasy authors does Rushdie reference?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?

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

5. Which of the following does Rushdie report is considered Roth’s best novel?

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