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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 did Dickens die?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1842.

2. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Dutch Kills.
(b) Hunters Point.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Sunnyside.

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

4. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?
(a) Celebrity Apprentice.
(b) Shark Tank.
(c) Dancing with the Stars.
(d) Strictly Come Dancing.

5. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

2. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?

3. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in the Kremlin?

4. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?

(see the answer key)

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