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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 authors The Witch Must Die?
(a) Rushdie.
(b) Zipes.
(c) Said.
(d) Cashdan.

2. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "rutputty"?
(a) Suspect.
(b) Ramshackle.
(c) Peace.
(d) Done for.

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

4. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Laconism.
(c) Periphrasis.
(d) Litotes.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?
(a) Ramshackle.
(b) Done for.
(c) Peace.
(d) Suspect.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?

4. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?

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

(see the answer key)

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