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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?
(a) Anne Hathaway.
(b) Monica Jones.
(c) Ivor Brown.
(d) Betty Mackereth.

2. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?
(a) Elixir of delight.
(b) Tincture of eternity.
(c) Draught of somnolence.
(d) Nectar of immortality.

3. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?
(a) Strictly Come Dancing.
(b) Celebrity Apprentice.
(c) Shark Tank.
(d) Dancing with the Stars.

4. With which of the following does “Introduction to The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. IV” begin?
(a) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(b) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(c) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(d) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?
(a) Jesmyn Ward.
(b) David Grossman.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) William Styron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following books does Rushdie reference?

2. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Philip Roth?

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

5. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

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