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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 of the following does Rushdie cite as an example of a courageous politician?
(a) Desmond Tutu.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Graça Machel.
(d) Thabo Mbeki.

2. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?
(a) Monica Jones.
(b) Ivor Brown.
(c) Betty Mackereth.
(d) Anne Hathaway.

3. On what date is “Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)” written?
(a) 15 November.
(b) 15 December.
(c) 15 September.
(d) 15 January.

4. To which of the following does Rushdie liken the Abbottabad military academy?
(a) Sandhurst.
(b) The Citadel.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.

5. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?

2. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Vyasa?

3. Who was invited to speak at the opening ceremony of the 1986 PEN America event?

4. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?

5. With which of the following does Part Three end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Rushdie describe Slothrop?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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