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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Hubbard.
(c) Canasta.
(d) MacDonald.

3. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?
(a) Laconism.
(b) Periphrasis.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Litotes.

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

5. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) André Malraux.
(b) Randall Jarrell.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) Brandon Sanderson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?

3. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?

4. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?

5. In what decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?

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