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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 does Rushdie note having first read Portnoy’s Complaint?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

2. Alongside which of the following was Rushdie invited to an Australian atheist event?
(a) Sam Harris.
(b) Linda LaScola.
(c) David Chalmers.
(d) Daniel Dennett.

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

4. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Discontent.”
(b) “The Land of Confusion.”
(c) “The Land of Lost Content.”
(d) “The Land of Found Content.”

5. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?
(a) The Citadel.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Sandhurst.
(d) École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?

2. At which of the following universities did Rushdie study?

3. For what virtue does Rushdie commend Harold Pinter?

4. Which of the following wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?

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