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

2. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) Brandon Sanderson.
(b) Stephen King.
(c) André Malraux.
(d) Randall Jarrell.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?
(a) Quichotte.
(b) Luka and the Fire of Life.
(c) Midnight’s Children.
(d) Shalimar the Clown.

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Lord Foul’s Bane.
(b) Lady Chatterly’s Lover.
(c) Spring Awakening.
(d) Tobacco Road.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following resources does Rushdie note Sondheim as using?

3. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?

4. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?

5. Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories does Rushdie regard as his best?

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