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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. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?
2. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
3. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
4. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?
5. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rushdie note is the wrong answer to give when asked about autobiographical fiction?
2. Paraphrase the question Rushdie asks Saul Bellow at PEN America in 1986?
3. In what does Rushdie situate the origin of auteur theory?
4. What does Rushdie note as a reason the interviews in the Paris Review are worth attention?
5. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?
6. What justification does Rushdie see used to condemn artists in India and the United States?
7. Why does Rushdie argue that the Hinduism of the BJP is not true Hinduism?
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 does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It might be argued that the essays, taken together, comment about what, for Rushdie, is and is not good writing. What vision of good writing can be taken from the text, what in the text supports that vision, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
What does Rushdie gain from disparaging 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
Overall, what is the most important theme of Languages of Truth. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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