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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
(a) 1471.
(b) 1571.
(c) 1371.
(d) 1271.

2. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Temperance.

3. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?
(a) John Howe.
(b) John Berlin.
(c) Irving Howe.
(d) Irving Berlin.

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

5. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?
(a) 9th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 13th.
(d) 11th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?

2. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

5. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?

(see the answer key)

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