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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Rushdie’s fellow students died in school in Bombay?
(a) Johnny Queen.
(b) Mikey Knight.
(c) Jimmy King.
(d) Dave Prince.

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

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

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

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?
(a) Assertion of considered reason.
(b) Way of being in the world.
(c) Overarching cultural story about the culture.
(d) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.

6. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?
(a) Elixir of delight.
(b) Nectar of immortality.
(c) Draught of somnolence.
(d) Tincture of eternity.

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

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

9. Which of the following does Rushdie identify as working in Roth’s tradition?
(a) Jordan Peele.
(b) Kevin Hart.
(c) Dave Chappelle.
(d) Keenan Ivory Wayans.

10. How many deaths does Rushdie attribute to Shahryar and Shah Zaman before their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 1,212.
(b) 4,215.
(c) 2,213.
(d) 3,214.

11. What ranking does Slaughterhouse-Five enjoy in the Modern Library’s list of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 9th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 15th.

12. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Discontent.”
(b) “The Land of Found Content.”
(c) “The Land of Confusion.”
(d) “The Land of Lost Content.”

13. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?
(a) Kentish Town.
(b) Belsize Park.
(c) Islington.
(d) Camden Town.

14. Which of the following is Rushdie’s first published novel?
(a) Midnight’s Children.
(b) Grimus.
(c) The Antagonist.
(d) Madame Rama.

15. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?
(a) The Last Dark.
(b) The Tribe that Lost Its Head.
(c) The Other Wind.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?

2. In which of the following districts of Bombay does Rushdie report having lived?

3. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?

4. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

5. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?

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