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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Part One end?
(a) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(b) “And in our age of oversimplification, this beautiful complication has never been more important.”
(c) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
(d) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”

2. In what year does Rushdie report having initially written the text of “Cervantes and Shakespeare”?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2012.

3. As which of the following does Rushdie translate sophos?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Charisma.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Awareness.

4. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Violet.
(d) Rose.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie define “amrita”?
(a) Elixir of delight.
(b) Tincture of eternity.
(c) Draught of somnolence.
(d) Nectar of immortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is carried in effigy in the Ganpati festival?

2. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Philip Roth?

3. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

4. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?

5. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lessons does Rushdie find in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?

2. What does Rushdie identify as the primary value of the protean in literature?

3. Why do the deaths of Cervantes and Shakespeare occur on the same date but not the same day?

4. How does Rushdie report Slaughterhouse-Five presents war?

5. Why is Rushdie grateful for the mixed reception of his first published novel?

6. What effect does Rushdie note of Romanian orphans having no access to stories?

7. What does Rushdie assert that falling in love with stories awakens in children?

8. What was Rushdie’s last assignment as a student journalist?

9. What reason for enjoying Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” does Rushdie note?

10. What does Rushdie note struck him most on his first reading of Portnoy’s Complaint?

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