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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 does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1974.

2. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?
(a) Bowes & Bowes.
(b) Bird & Baby.
(c) Brother & Sister.
(d) Barnes & Noble.

3. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

4. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Camden Town.
(b) Belsize Park.
(c) Kentish Town.
(d) Islington.

5. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?
(a) The Devil Is an Ass.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) Eastward Hoe.
(d) Volpone.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Rushdie compare himself?

2. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?

4. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?

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