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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?
(a) Elijah Baley.
(b) Thomas Covenant.
(c) FitzChivalry Farseer.
(d) Bilbo Baggins.

3. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

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

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

4. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

5. Which of the following fantasy authors does Rushdie reference?

(see the answer key)

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