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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. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?
(a) Salman Rushdie.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Mike Roberts.
2. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?
(a) Spenser.
(b) Milton.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Homer.
3. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?
(a) Ahmad Faraz.
(b) Mirza Ghalib.
(c) Mir Taqi Mir.
(d) Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
4. Which essay does Rushdie note was removed from the Delhi University curriculum?
(a) “The Eureka Phenomenon.”
(b) “The Malorian Kay as Fredalian Figure.”
(c) “Three Hundred Ramayanas.”
(d) “The Half-Woman God.”
5. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Brown.
(b) Atwood.
(c) St. John Mandel.
(d) Dashner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rushdie describe as the earliest message from the gods (246)?
2. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?
3. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?
4. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?
5. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rushdie argue that the Hinduism of the BJP is not true Hinduism?
2. What does Rushdie note is the right answer to give when asked about autobiographical fiction?
3. Why does Rushdie note admiring Susan Orlean in regards to Adaptation?
4. In what does Rushdie situate the origin of auteur theory?
5. Paraphrase the question Rushdie asks Saul Bellow at PEN America in 1986?
6. How does Rushdie define adaptation?
7. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?
8. To what does Rushdie ascribe the closeness of his friendship with Christopher Hitchens?
9. What does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?
10. What does Rushdie call “the final victory of the censor” (228)?
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