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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 argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

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

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Lady Chatterly’s Lover.
(b) Lord Foul’s Bane.
(c) Spring Awakening.
(d) Tobacco Road.

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

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Midnight Cowboy.
(b) The Birdcage.
(c) Showgirls.
(d) Last Tango in Paris.

6. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Liu Xiaobo.

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

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

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

10. Who was president of PEN America in 1986?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Mike Roberts.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

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

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

13. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?
(a) Pride.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Envy.
(d) Wrath.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Part Two end?

2. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie cite as an example of a courageous politician?

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

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

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