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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Dickens die?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1856.

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

3. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Engaging.
(b) Dull.
(c) Derivative.
(d) Original.

4. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?
(a) World’s Fair.
(b) Loon Lake.
(c) Andrew’s Brain.
(d) Ragtime.

5. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?
(a) Ephesus.
(b) Pythagoreio.
(c) Patmos.
(d) Heraclion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?

3. How many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won?

4. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?

(see the answer key)

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