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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was accused of being “a woman hungry of sex” (230)?
(a) Wendy Doniger.
(b) Audrey Truschke.
(c) Martha C. Nussbaum.
(d) Barbara Smuts.

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

3. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?
(a) Moshe Idel.
(b) Gershom Scholem.
(c) Joseph Dan.
(d) Boaz Huss.

4. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?
(a) University of Edinburgh.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Imperial College London.

5. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Discontent.”
(b) “The Land of Confusion.”
(c) “The Land of Lost Content.”
(d) “The Land of Found Content.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?

2. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?

4. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?

5. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?

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