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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 Joseph Heller?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Stan Laurel.
(c) Buster Keaton.
(d) Rudolph Valentino.

2. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Buster Keaton.
(c) Stan Laurel.
(d) Rudolph Valentino.

3. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?
(a) Burton Raffel.
(b) John Rutherford.
(c) Edith Grossman.
(d) JM Cohen.

4. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Tahera.
(b) Seema.
(c) Nabeelah.
(d) Mia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?

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

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?

(see the answer key)

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