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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1980.

2. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss"khalaas"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Ramshackle.
(d) Done for.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Andrew Lang.
(b) Jakob Grimm.
(c) Antoine Galland.
(d) Francis Perrault.

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

5. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?
(a) Joseph Dan.
(b) Boaz Huss.
(c) Gershom Scholem.
(d) Moshe Idel.

6. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?
(a) Rijal fi Alshams.
(b) Alliss Walkilab.
(c) Alf Laylah wa Laylah.
(d) Alsaaq fawq Alsaaq.

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

8. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?
(a) Periphrasis.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Laconism.

9. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?
(a) Eastward Hoe.
(b) The Alchemist.
(c) The Devil Is an Ass.
(d) Volpone.

10. What is the name of the first cow to appear in Norse myth?
(a) Buri.
(b) Audumla.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Ymir.

11. In which of the following does Rushdie note the Ramayana is adapted?
(a) Amar Chitra Katha.
(b) Hamzanama.
(c) Combat of Shadows.
(d) Pataal Lok.

12. Whose translation of Don Quixote does Rushdie favor?
(a) Burton Raffel.
(b) JM Cohen.
(c) John Rutherford.
(d) Edith Grossman.

13. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 907.
(b) 1,189.
(c) 1,095.
(d) 1,001.

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

15. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?
(a) Ephesus.
(b) Heraclion.
(c) Pythagoreio.
(d) Patmos.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Joseph Heller?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie report is considered Roth’s best novel?

3. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?

5. In what year does Rushdie report having initially written the text of “Cervantes and Shakespeare”?

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