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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 wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?
(a) Mandelstam.
(b) Solzhenitsyn.
(c) Sakharov.
(d) Akhmatova.

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

3. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Envy.

4. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

5. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in Stonehenge?
(a) “Be patient. We haven’t forgotten you.”
(b) “You will be on your way before you know it.”
(c) “Pack up your things and be ready to leave on short notice.”
(d) “Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed.”

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Philip Roth?

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

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

4. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?

5. In which year does Rushdie note the Indian Uprising occurred?

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