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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 decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?
(a) David Grossman.
(b) William Styron.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Jesmyn Ward.

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

4. In the context of discussing Muhammad Ali, the word “hagiography” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Hag-writing.
(b) Shame-writing.
(c) Praise-writing.
(d) Laughing-earth writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?

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

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

5. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What justification does Rushdie see used to condemn artists in India and the United States?

10. How does Rushdie describe Slothrop?

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