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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. As which of the following does Rushdie translate sophos?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Charisma.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Awareness.

2. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

3. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?
(a) 12th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 9th.

4. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?
(a) Way of being in the world.
(b) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.
(c) Overarching cultural story about the culture.
(d) Assertion of considered reason.

5. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Islington.
(b) Camden Town.
(c) Belsize Park.
(d) Kentish Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following depicted Akbar in a cart?

2. What sculptor does Rushdie suggest for Saligia?

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

4. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in the Kremlin?

5. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?

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