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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 poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Lost Content.”
(b) “The Land of Discontent.”
(c) “The Land of Found Content.”
(d) “The Land of Confusion.”

2. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?
(a) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(b) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(c) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(d) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”

3. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Hamburg.

4. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Saved.
(b) Cursed.
(c) Damned.
(d) Blessed.

5. Which of the following novels does Rushdie reference?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Pudd’nhead Wilson.
(c) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
(d) Innocents Abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authored The Enigma of Arrival?

2. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

3. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?

4. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

5. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?

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