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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?
(a) Elif Shafak.
(b) Nuruddin Farah.
(c) Paul Auster.
(d) Breyten Breytenbach.

8. What writer does Rushdie note denies desire to understand other writers’ processes?
(a) Bharati Mukherjee.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) VS Naipaul.
(d) Nuruddin Farah.

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

10. Which of the following does Rushdie note praises Faulkner?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) William Styron.
(c) David Grossman.
(d) Jesmyn Ward.

11. What does Rushdie describe as the earliest message from the gods (246)?
(a) “Know that I am the Lord thy god.”
(b) “Love me, and despair.”
(c) “Know your place.”
(d) “Love thy neighbor.”

12. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?
(a) George Shultz.
(b) George HW Bush.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) George Carlin.

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

14. 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.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?

2. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?

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

5. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?

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