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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. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Tahera.
(b) Mia.
(c) Seema.
(d) Nabeelah.

2. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?
(a) Walter Raleigh.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Roger Ascham.

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

4. Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories does Rushdie regard as his best?
(a) “The Snow Queen.”
(b) “The Tinder Box.”
(c) “The Shadow.”
(d) “The Little Mermaid.”

5. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?
(a) Beatrix Potter.
(b) Harry Wood.
(c) Beatrice Wood.
(d) Harry Potter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie identify as working in Roth’s tradition?

5. Which of the following remarks that “India is no longer India” (233)?

(see the answer key)

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