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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) Hillside.
(b) Tivy.
(c) Weequahic.
(d) Erasmus.
2. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?
(a) Lord Foul’s Bane.
(b) Lady Chatterly’s Lover.
(c) Tobacco Road.
(d) Spring Awakening.
3. What writer does Rushdie note denies desire to understand other writers’ processes?
(a) Nuruddin Farah.
(b) Bharati Mukherjee.
(c) VS Naipaul.
(d) Salman Rushdie.
4. With which of the following does Part Three end?
(a) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
(b) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(c) “I prefer not to.”
(d) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
5. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did Dickens die?
2. Which of the following African-American authors does Rushdie reference?
3. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?
4. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
5. With which of the following does “Introduction to The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. IV” begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What justification does Rushdie see used to condemn artists in India and the United States?
2. How does Rushdie explain the American preoccupation with religion?
3. What choice does Rushdie note is required to produce Othello?
4. For what reason was Sunflower Seeds cordoned off from the public?
5. How does Rushdie propose readers fight against censorship and artistic repression?
6. Paraphrase the question Rushdie asks Saul Bellow at PEN America in 1986?
7. Why does Rushdie argue that the Hinduism of the BJP is not true Hinduism?
8. How does Rushdie differentiate a “historical” fact from a “basic” fact?
9. What does Rushdie note as a reason the interviews in the Paris Review are worth attention?
10. What does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?
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