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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following societies is Rushdie a fellow?
(a) British Royal Society of Literature.
(b) British Royal Society of Arts.
(c) American Literature Society.
(d) Indian Literary Society.

2. Which painter’s influence does Amrita Sher-Gil show?
(a) Manet.
(b) Degas.
(c) Renoir.
(d) Klimt.

3. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1981.

4. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?
(a) The Antagonist.
(b) Madame Rama.
(c) Midnight’s Children.
(d) Grimus.

5. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?
(a) Insightful.
(b) City-born.
(c) Far-seeing.
(d) Clever-tongued.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?

2. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?

3. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?

4. In what London neighborhood does Rushdie report first meeting Bhupen Khakhar?

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

(see the answer key)

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