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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 Kundera ignores?
(a) Tristram Shandy.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?

3. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?

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

5. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?

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