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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. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Buster Keaton.
(b) Rudolph Valentino.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Stan Laurel.

2. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?
(a) Nuruddin Farah.
(b) Breyten Breytenbach.
(c) Paul Auster.
(d) Elif Shafak.

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?
(a) Mirza Ghalib.
(b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
(c) Mir Taqi Mir.
(d) Ahmad Faraz.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “Do Piaza” (292)?
(a) Two Onions.
(b) Never Eating.
(c) Guide Rats.
(d) Nine Jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following is Rushdie an honorary professor?

2. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?

3. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Slaughterhouse-Five?

4. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?

5. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?

(see the answer key)

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