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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. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
(a) 1371.
(b) 1571.
(c) 1471.
(d) 1271.

2. How does Rushdie gloss the term “Trümmerliteratur”?
(a) “Stomach literature.”
(b) “Truthful literature.”
(c) “Drummer literature.”
(d) “Rubble literature.”

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?
(a) Portugal.
(b) France.
(c) India.
(d) Spain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won?

3. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?

4. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?

5. Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories does Rushdie regard as his best?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason was Sunflower Seeds cordoned off from the public?

2. Why does Rushdie note admiring Susan Orlean in regards to Adaptation?

3. What does Rushdie note is the wrong answer to give when asked about autobiographical fiction?

4. What choice does Rushdie note is required to produce Othello?

5. How does Rushdie define the “given” with which authors must contend?

6. Why does Rushdie argue that the Hinduism of the BJP is not true Hinduism?

7. What does Rushdie call “the final victory of the censor” (228)?

8. What does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?

9. In what does Rushdie situate the origin of auteur theory?

10. How does Rushdie explain the American preoccupation with religion?

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