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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 Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1972.

2. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?
(a) Elif Shafak.
(b) Nuruddin Farah.
(c) Paul Auster.
(d) Breyten Breytenbach.

3. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2019.

4. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?
(a) Spenser.
(b) Homer.
(c) Milton.
(d) Virgil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?

2. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "rutputty"?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

5. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?

(see the answer key)

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