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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
(a) 1371.
(b) 1471.
(c) 1271.
(d) 1571.

3. What sculptor does Rushdie suggest for Saligia?
(a) Rita Marie Ross.
(b) Auguste Rodin.
(c) Anish Kapoor.
(d) Fernando Botero.

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

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

6. Which of the following does Rushdie cite as an example of a courageous politician?
(a) Thabo Mbeki.
(b) Desmond Tutu.
(c) Graça Machel.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

7. To which of the following is Hitchens’s mind compared?
(a) Aston Martin.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Alfa Romeo.
(d) Rolls-Royce.

8. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?
(a) Paul Woflowitz.
(b) Rudy de Leon.
(c) Gordon England.
(d) Ash Carter.

9. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Liu Xiaobo.
(d) Barack Obama.

10. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?
(a) France.
(b) India.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

11. From which of the following does Rushdie note All in the Family is adapted?
(a) Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
(b) Till Death Do Us Part.
(c) Strictly Come Dancing.
(d) The Office.

12. Which high school does Rushdie note Philip Roth attended?
(a) Weequahic.
(b) Tivy.
(c) Hillside.
(d) Erasmus.

13. Who was *president* of PEN America in 2004?
(a) Mike Roberts.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

14. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Juvenal.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Catullus.

15. In the context of discussing Muhammad Ali, the word “hagiography” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Praise-writing.
(b) Laughing-earth writing.
(c) Hag-writing.
(d) Shame-writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following resources does Rushdie note Sondheim as using?

2. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?

4. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

5. Which of the following prevails upon Clinton to meet personally with Rushdie?

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