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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Samarkand.
(c) Kashgar.
(d) Abyssinia.

2. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?
(a) Barnes & Noble.
(b) Brother & Sister.
(c) Bowes & Bowes.
(d) Bird & Baby.

3. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?
(a) Grimus.
(b) The Antagonist.
(c) The Golden House.
(d) Madame Rama.

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

5. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?
(a) Veritas.
(b) InkWell.
(c) BJ Robbins.
(d) Wylie.

6. With which of the following does the first essay in Part Two begin?
(a) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(b) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(c) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(d) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”

7. In what year does Rushdie note having first read Portnoy’s Complaint?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

8. With which of the following does Part One end?
(a) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
(b) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(c) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(d) “And in our age of oversimplification, this beautiful complication has never been more important.”

9. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Rudolph Valentino.
(b) Charlie Chaplin.
(c) Stan Laurel.
(d) Buster Keaton.

10. As which of the following does Rushdie translate sophos?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Charisma.

11. How large an advance did Rushdie receive for his first published novel?
(a) £700.
(b) £500.
(c) £900.
(d) £300.

12. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?
(a) Love’s Labor’s Won.
(b) Two Noble Kinsmen.
(c) Cardenio.
(d) Thespis.

13. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?
(a) Windy City.
(b) City of Broad Shoulders.
(c) Hog Butcher to the World.
(d) Second City.

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

15. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?
(a) Elijah Baley.
(b) FitzChivalry Farseer.
(c) Bilbo Baggins.
(d) Thomas Covenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Rushdie note Roth lived?

2. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?

3. In which of the following of Jonson’s works does Rushdie note having acted?

4. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss"khalaas"?

5. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?

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