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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 does Rushdie note having read?
(a) William H. Gass.
(b) Gail Godwin.
(c) Liz Rosenberg.
(d) John Gardner.

2. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?
(a) Midnight’s Children.
(b) The Antagonist.
(c) Grimus.
(d) Madame Rama.

3. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) Brandon Sanderson.
(b) Randall Jarrell.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) André Malraux.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

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

3. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?

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

5. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?

(see the answer key)

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