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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) William Styron.
(c) Jesmyn Ward.
(d) David Grossman.

4. What short story does Rushdie note is “perhaps the greatest short story in the English language” (167)?
(a) Kincaid’s “Girl.”
(b) Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
(c) Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Toy Dog.”
(d) Joyce’s “The Dead.”

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note was the first exhibit in the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery?
(a) Sunflower Seeds.
(b) Maman.
(c) Fons Americanus.
(d) Marsyas.

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

7. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Saleem Sinai.
(b) Mian Abdullah.
(c) Aadam Aziz.
(d) Sonny Ibrahim.

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

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

10. In which year does Rushdie note the Indian Uprising occurred?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1066.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1776.

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

12. Which of the following prevails upon Clinton to meet personally with Rushdie?
(a) Rahm Emmanuel.
(b) Mark Gearan.
(c) Charles Gibson.
(d) George Stephanopoulos.

13. 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.

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

15. Which of the following resources does Rushdie note Sondheim as using?
(a) Elements of Style.
(b) Roget’s Thesaurus.
(c) Songwriting for Dummies.
(d) Robert’s Rules of Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?

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

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

4. What writer does Rushdie note denies desire to understand other writers’ processes?

5. Which of the following wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?

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