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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality - Chapter 11: Dr. Smile Meets Mr. Thayer; and a Grandfather Emerges From the Past to Haunt the Present.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which term does the narrator apply to Dr. Smile in the novel's fifth chapter?
(a) Philanthropist.
(b) Millionaire.
(c) Billionaire.
(d) Octagenarian.

2. Quichotte tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) Strange.
(b) A rose.
(c) An audition.
(d) All-encompassing.

3. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1989.

4. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?
(a) Rita Hayworth.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Athena.
(d) Glinda the Good Witch.

5. Rushdie likens Quichotte to which character featured in The Wizard of Oz?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Glinda.
(c) The Scarecrow.
(d) The Tin Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between the age of Quichotte and the age of DuChamp?

2. A certain novel's contents alerts Sancho to the lesson that which element is "the key to survival" (129)?

3. Long after it is over, Quichotte and Sancho both feel what way about the incident at Lake Capote with the white lady?

4. What is the relationship that exists between Dr. R.K. Smile and Quichotte?

5. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?

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