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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 1: Quichotte, an Old Man, Falls in Love, Embarks on a Quest, and Becomes a Father - Chapter 4: Brother’s Sister Recalls Their Quarrel, and Is Involved in a Different Altercation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Quichotte is described as often finding "himself incapable of distinguishing between" (2) which two elements?
(a) Illusion and reality.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Night and day.
(d) Surrealism and hyperrealism.

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

3. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?
(a) A Secret Admirer.
(b) Mr. X.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) Dr. Smile.

4. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s mother?
(a) Miss Angie R.
(b) Miss Anisa R.
(c) Miss Kitty R.
(d) Miss Lucille R.

5. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?
(a) Greta Garbo.
(b) Fay Wray.
(c) Grace Kelly.
(d) Natalie Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sancho's most distinctive feature?

2. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?

3. The character referred to as Sister is described as being from which part of the world?

4. A clip from Miss Salma R.'s popular spy show went viral and forever after, she has been associated her with which sea creature?

5. To what form of media is Quichotte addicted, as revealed in the first chapter of the novel?

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