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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?
(a) Overarching cultural story about the culture.
(b) Way of being in the world.
(c) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.
(d) Assertion of considered reason.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Juvenal.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Catullus.

4. Who claims to have been the inspiration for Rushdie’s character Vina Aspara?
(a) Seema Unni.
(b) Seema Puthli.
(c) Asha Unni.
(d) Asha Puthli.

5. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Pamela Lovelace.
(b) Malik Solanka.
(c) Babar Shakil.
(d) Khattam Shud.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?

2. Which of the following books does Rushdie reference?

3. Who was *president* of PEN America in 2004?

4. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?

5. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?

(see the answer key)

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