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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 Three end?
(a) “I prefer not to.”
(b) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(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 first encounter Muhammad Ali?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2000.

3. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?
(a) Pride.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Envy.

4. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) NK Jemisin.
(b) Nnedi Okorafor.
(c) Tomi Adeyemi.
(d) Ta-Nehisi Coates.

5. What sculptor does Rushdie suggest for Saligia?
(a) Auguste Rodin.
(b) Anish Kapoor.
(c) Fernando Botero.
(d) Rita Marie Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

2. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?

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

4. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?

5. What ranking among ArtReview’s list of powerful figures in the art world did Ai Weiwei hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Rushdie define adaptation?

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

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

6. Paraphrase the remark by EB White about writing to children that Rushdie reports.

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

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

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

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

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