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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Alf Laylah wa Laylah.
(b) Rijal fi Alshams.
(c) Alsaaq fawq Alsaaq.
(d) Alliss Walkilab.

3. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?
(a) Kashgar.
(b) Samarkand.
(c) Abyssinia.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 12th.

5. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?

3. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?

4. Which of the following is posited to have written Don Quixote?

5. Which of Rushdie’s fellow students died in school in Bombay?

(see the answer key)

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