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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?
(a) George Carlin.
(b) George Shultz.
(c) George HW Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

2. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
(a) 1571.
(b) 1471.
(c) 1271.
(d) 1371.

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss"khalaas"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Ramshackle.
(d) Done for.

4. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?
(a) Joyce’s “The Dead.”
(b) Kincaid’s “Girl.”
(c) Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Toy Dog.”
(d) Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

5. Which of the following authored The Enigma of Arrival?
(a) Bharati Mukherjee.
(b) VS Naipaul.
(c) Nuruddin Farah.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "rutputty"?

4. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?

5. Which essay does Rushdie note was removed from the Delhi University curriculum?

(see the answer key)

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