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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Atwood.
(b) Brown.
(c) Dashner.
(d) St. John Mandel.

2. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?
(a) Ramadan.
(b) Pentecost.
(c) Walpurgisnacht.
(d) Beltane.

3. Which of the following was accused of being “a woman hungry of sex” (230)?
(a) Barbara Smuts.
(b) Martha C. Nussbaum.
(c) Wendy Doniger.
(d) Audrey Truschke.

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

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

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

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

8. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?
(a) École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
(b) The Citadel.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Sandhurst.

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

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

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

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

13. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1842.

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

15. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Khattam Shud.
(b) Malik Solanka.
(c) Babar Shakil.
(d) Pamela Lovelace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?

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

3. Alongside which of the following was Rushdie invited to an Australian atheist event?

4. With which of the following does the first essay of the section, “Truth,” begin?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?

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