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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alongside which of the following was Rushdie invited to an Australian atheist event?
(a) David Chalmers.
(b) Linda LaScola.
(c) Daniel Dennett.
(d) Sam Harris.

2. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Hunters Point.
(b) Dutch Kills.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Sunnyside.

3. Of what city’s organized crime does Roberto Saviano write?
(a) Venice.
(b) Padua.
(c) Naples.
(d) Rome.

4. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?
(a) 15 November.
(b) 15 December.
(c) 15 January.
(d) 15 September.

5. How many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

6. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?
(a) Monica Jones.
(b) Ivor Brown.
(c) Anne Hathaway.
(d) Betty Mackereth.

7. In what decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1920s.

8. Who was president of PEN America in 1986?
(a) Gore Vidal.
(b) Mike Roberts.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

9. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?
(a) 13th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 7th.

10. With which of the following does Part Two end?
(a) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(b) “I prefer not to.”
(c) “And in our age of oversimplification, this beautiful complication has never been more important.”
(d) “Happy Commencement Day.”

11. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) Truman Capote.
(c) Perry Edward Smith.
(d) Peter Falk.

12. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?
(a) Strictly Come Dancing.
(b) Dancing with the Stars.
(c) Shark Tank.
(d) Celebrity Apprentice.

13. Which essay does Rushdie note was removed from the Delhi University curriculum?
(a) “The Malorian Kay as Fredalian Figure.”
(b) “The Eureka Phenomenon.”
(c) “The Half-Woman God.”
(d) “Three Hundred Ramayanas.”

14. With what did China charge Ai Weiwei?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Jaywalking.
(c) Tax crimes.
(d) Trafficking.

15. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rushdie gloss the term “Trümmerliteratur”?

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

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?

4. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?

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