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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. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 4,215.
(b) 1,212.
(c) 3,214.
(d) 2,213.

2. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?
(a) 15 December.
(b) 15 November.
(c) 15 September.
(d) 15 January.

3. Which of the following fantasy authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Le Guin.
(c) McKillip.
(d) Hobb.

4. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?
(a) Kincaid’s “Girl.”
(b) Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
(c) Joyce’s “The Dead.”
(d) Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Toy Dog.”

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?
(a) Tristram Shandy.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Clarissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?

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

3. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?

4. As which of the following did Hitchens address Mos Def?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

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