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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 reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?
(a) Strictly Come Dancing.
(b) Celebrity Apprentice.
(c) Dancing with the Stars.
(d) Shark Tank.

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

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

4. Who claims to have been the inspiration for Rushdie’s character Vina Aspara?
(a) Seema Unni.
(b) Asha Unni.
(c) Seema Puthli.
(d) Asha Puthli.

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

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

7. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2010.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does Rushdie note All in the Family is adapted?

2. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?

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

4. Who was *president* of PEN America in 2004?

5. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?

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