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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Pataal Lok.
(b) Combat of Shadows.
(c) Hamzanama.
(d) Amar Chitra Katha.

3. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

4. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?
(a) Burton Raffel.
(b) John Rutherford.
(c) JM Cohen.
(d) Edith Grossman.

5. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Engaging.
(b) Derivative.
(c) Original.
(d) Dull.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?

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

3. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?

(see the answer key)

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