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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 1,095.
(b) 1,189.
(c) 1,001.
(d) 907.

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

3. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?
(a) Midnight’s Children.
(b) Grimus.
(c) The Antagonist.
(d) Madame Rama.

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 characters does Rushdie reference?
(a) FitzChivalry Farseer.
(b) Elijah Baley.
(c) Bilbo Baggins.
(d) Thomas Covenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?

2. From which of the following does Rushdie note All in the Family is adapted?

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

4. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

5. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

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