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

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?
(a) Jackson’s The Hobbit.
(b) Schlöndorff’s Tin Drum.
(c) Kölsch and Widmyer’s Pet Sematary.
(d) Scott’s Blade Runner.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

2. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?

3. Of what city’s organized crime does Roberto Saviano write?

4. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?

5. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What final gift does Rushdie note being able to offer Hitchens?

2. What does Rushdie note caused the characters drawn from his biography to come alive?

3. How does Rushdie define adaptation?

4. What three countries does Rushdie comment that he has “spent [his] life caring about” (211)?

5. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?

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

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

8. How does Rushdie differentiate a “historical” fact from a “basic” fact?

9. To what does Rushdie ascribe the closeness of his friendship with Christopher Hitchens?

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

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