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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?
(a) George Carlin.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) George HW Bush.
(d) George Shultz.

2. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?
(a) 7th.
(b) 9th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 13th.

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

4. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?
(a) Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
(b) Kincaid’s “Girl.”
(c) Joyce’s “The Dead.”
(d) Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Toy Dog.”

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare himself?
(a) Adam Bellow.
(b) Saul Bellow.
(c) John Updike.
(d) Martin Amis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

2. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note was the first exhibit in the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie cite as an example of a courageous politician?

(see the answer key)

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