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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 Heraclitus a prince?
(a) Patmos.
(b) Pythagoreio.
(c) Heraclion.
(d) Ephesus.

2. Which high school does Rushdie note Philip Roth attended?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Hillside.
(c) Weequahic.
(d) Tivy.

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie cite in protest of a proposed UK law that would have forbidden criticizing religion?
(a) Eddie Izzard.
(b) Rowan Atkinson.
(c) John Cleese.
(d) Bill Bailey.

5. To which of the following is Hitchens’s mind compared?
(a) Alfa Romeo.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Aston Martin.
(d) Rolls-Royce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?

2. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

3. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

4. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

(see the answer key)

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