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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 dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) St. John Mandel.
(b) Dashner.
(c) Brown.
(d) Atwood.

2. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Nabeelah.
(b) Tahera.
(c) Mia.
(d) Seema.

3. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) Aurelian Buendía.
(b) Marie Boroff.
(c) JC Orozco.
(d) Gregory Rabassa.

4. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?

2. Who was president of PEN America in 1986?

3. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?

4. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?

5. From which of the following does Rushdie note borrowing?

(see the answer key)

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