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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 note having worked on the first draft of Shame?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1983.

2. Which of the following remarks that “India is no longer India” (233)?
(a) Aatish Taseer.
(b) Amit Shah.
(c) Rabindranath Tagore.
(d) Narendra Modi.

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

4. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

5. With which of the following does Part Two end?
(a) “I prefer not to.”
(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.”

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

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

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

9. With which of the following does Part Three end?
(a) “I prefer not to.”
(b) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(c) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(d) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”

10. Which of the following does Rushdie note adapts Jan Potocki?
(a) Małgorzata Szumowska.
(b) Agnieszka Holland.
(c) Andrzej Wajda.
(d) Wojciech Has.

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

12. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?
(a) Hairoil.
(b) Soumitra.
(c) Hanif.
(d) Masha.

13. In what year did Dickens die?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1842.

14. As which of the following did Hitchens address Mos Def?
(a) Mr. Definition.
(b) Dr. Defenestration.
(c) Mr. Definitely.
(d) Dr. Def.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

2. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

3. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

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