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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. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?
(a) Samarkand.
(b) Kashgar.
(c) Abyssinia.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Hamzanama.
(b) Combat of Shadows.
(c) Amar Chitra Katha.
(d) Pataal Lok.

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

4. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Engaging.
(b) Dull.
(c) Original.
(d) Derivative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

2. Which of the following prevails upon Clinton to meet personally with Rushdie?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?

4. How does Rushdie gloss the term “Trümmerliteratur”?

5. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?

(see the answer key)

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