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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 of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?
(a) Hairoil.
(b) Masha.
(c) Soumitra.
(d) Hanif.

2. As which of the following did Hitchens address Mos Def?
(a) Mr. Definition.
(b) Mr. Definitely.
(c) Dr. Def.
(d) Dr. Defenestration.

3. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Saved.
(b) Damned.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Blessed.

4. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) Perry Edward Smith.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Peter Falk.

5. Which of the following was accused of being “a woman hungry of sex” (230)?
(a) Martha C. Nussbaum.
(b) Wendy Doniger.
(c) Audrey Truschke.
(d) Barbara Smuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?

2. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?

3. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?

4. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

5. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?

(see the answer key)

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