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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. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Dutch Kills.
(c) Sunnyside.
(d) Hunters Point.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note was the first exhibit in the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery?
(a) Maman.
(b) Fons Americanus.
(c) Sunflower Seeds.
(d) Marsyas.

3. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?
(a) Salman Rushdie.
(b) Mike Roberts.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Gore Vidal.

4. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

5. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?
(a) Emory University.
(b) New York University.
(c) University of Cambridge.
(d) Library of Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?

2. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note as an exception to the maxim that film adaptations of books make bad movies?

4. How does Rushdie gloss the term “Trümmerliteratur”?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note adapts Jan Potocki?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Rushdie define adaptation?

6. For what reason was Sunflower Seeds cordoned off from the public?

7. What does Rushdie note as a reason the interviews in the Paris Review are worth attention?

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

9. What choice does Rushdie note is required to produce Othello?

10. How does Rushdie propose readers fight against censorship and artistic repression?

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