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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Violet.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Rose.

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

3. With which of the following does Part One end?
(a) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(b) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
(c) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(d) “And in our age of oversimplification, this beautiful complication has never been more important.”

4. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

5. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) JC Orozco.
(b) Gregory Rabassa.
(c) Marie Boroff.
(d) Aurelian Buendía.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?

4. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?

5. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?

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