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

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

3. Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories does Rushdie regard as his best?
(a) “The Shadow.”
(b) “The Tinder Box.”
(c) “The Snow Queen.”
(d) “The Little Mermaid.”

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

5. With which of the following does the first essay of the section, “Truth,” begin?
(a) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”
(b) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(c) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(d) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”

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

7. Which of the following does Rushdie cite in protest of a proposed UK law that would have forbidden criticizing religion?
(a) Rowan Atkinson.
(b) Eddie Izzard.
(c) Bill Bailey.
(d) John Cleese.

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

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

10. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?
(a) Homer.
(b) Milton.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Spenser.

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

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

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

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

15. Which high school does Rushdie note Philip Roth attended?
(a) Hillside.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Tivy.
(d) Weequahic.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following was accused of being “a woman hungry of sex” (230)?

5. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?

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