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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?

2. Which of the following resources does Rushdie note Sondheim as using?

3. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?

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

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Paraphrase the question Rushdie asks Saul Bellow at PEN America in 1986?

4. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?

5. How does Rushdie define adaptation?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the anthology, some individuals are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the book? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the book? How does Languages of Truth bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

What does Rushdie gain from commending the works of other writers? That is, what effect is created by his doing so, and how does it work to the advantage of the anthology?

Essay Topic 3

What function does the back matter in the anthology serve? How is that function performed?

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