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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. Which of the following wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie note is a friend of his?

3. Which of the following prevails upon Clinton to meet personally with Rushdie?

4. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?

5. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Rushdie differentiate a “historical” fact from a “basic” fact?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If the anthology were a work of fiction and nothing else about the work were changed, how reliable would the narrator be? Why?

Essay Topic 2

In “Heraclitus,” Rushdie asserts “These are the four roots of the self: language, place, community, custom” (58). Does your experience bear out the assertion? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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