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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?
(a) Audumla.
(b) Buri.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Ymir.

2. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 4,215.
(b) 3,214.
(c) 2,213.
(d) 1,212.

3. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?
(a) Breach Candy.
(b) Byculla.
(c) Malabar Hill.
(d) Tardeo.

4. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Combat of Shadows.
(b) Hamzanama.
(c) Amar Chitra Katha.
(d) Pataal Lok.

5. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?
(a) Gail Godwin.
(b) Liz Rosenberg.
(c) William H. Gass.
(d) John Gardner.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Rushdie translate sophos?

2. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?

3. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?

4. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?

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

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