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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Camden Town.
(b) Islington.
(c) Belsize Park.
(d) Kentish Town.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?
(a) The Tribe that Lost Its Head.
(b) The Other Wind.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Last Dark.

3. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?
(a) The Antagonist.
(b) Grimus.
(c) Madame Rama.
(d) The Golden House.

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

5. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?
(a) Love’s Labor’s Won.
(b) Cardenio.
(c) Thespis.
(d) Two Noble Kinsmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?

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

3. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?

4. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?

5. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?

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