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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 wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?
(a) Mandelstam.
(b) Solzhenitsyn.
(c) Akhmatova.
(d) Sakharov.

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

3. Which of the following does Rushdie identify as working in Roth’s tradition?
(a) Kevin Hart.
(b) Jordan Peele.
(c) Dave Chappelle.
(d) Keenan Ivory Wayans.

4. In what year did Dickens die?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1828.

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Showgirls.
(b) Midnight Cowboy.
(c) The Birdcage.
(d) Last Tango in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?

4. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Portnoy’s Complaint?

5. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?

(see the answer key)

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