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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 the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

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

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Liu Xiaobo.
(d) Seamus Heaney.

5. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Khattam Shud.
(b) Pamela Lovelace.
(c) Babar Shakil.
(d) Malik Solanka.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?

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

3. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?

4. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?

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

(see the answer key)

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