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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?
(a) Envy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Wrath.

2. With which of the following does Part Two end?
(a) “I prefer not to.”
(b) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(c) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(d) “And in our age of oversimplification, this beautiful complication has never been more important.”

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Antoine Galland.
(b) Andrew Lang.
(c) Francis Perrault.
(d) Jakob Grimm.

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?
(a) Luka and the Fire of Life.
(b) Shalimar the Clown.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) Midnight’s Children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

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

5. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?

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