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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. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Nnedi Okorafor.
(b) Tomi Adeyemi.
(c) NK Jemisin.
(d) Ta-Nehisi Coates.

2. With which of the following does “Introduction to The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. IV” begin?
(a) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(b) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(c) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(d) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”

3. Which of the following is posited to have written Don Quixote?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Walter Raleigh.
(c) Roger Ascham.
(d) Isaac Newton.

4. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?
(a) George Shultz.
(b) George Carlin.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) George HW Bush.

5. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Mike Roberts.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Gore Vidal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?

3. With which of the following does the main text end?

4. Which of Rushdie’s fellow students died in school in Bombay?

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss “Navratnas” (292)?

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