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

2. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?
(a) Ash Carter.
(b) Rudy de Leon.
(c) Gordon England.
(d) Paul Woflowitz.

3. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Rijal fi Alshams.
(b) Alf Laylah wa Laylah.
(c) Alsaaq fawq Alsaaq.
(d) Alliss Walkilab.

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?
(a) David Grossman.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Jesmyn Ward.
(d) William Styron.

5. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?
(a) Library of Congress.
(b) New York University.
(c) University of Cambridge.
(d) Emory University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?

3. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?

4. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?

5. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?

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