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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The product that made a fortune for Smile Pharmaceuticals Inc is fentanyl in what form?
(a) A popsicle.
(b) A spray.
(c) A drink.
(d) A lollipop.

2. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "No great quest, my boy, was ever achieved except by those with" (98) what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Money.
(c) Faith.
(d) Courage.

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

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

5. Quichotte lives "at a series of temporary addresses across" (1) which country?
(a) India.
(b) Chad.
(c) The United States.
(d) Pakistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho reports that Quichotte lost which member of his family when he was only three years old?

2. What is the name of Miss Salma R.'s mother?

3. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?

4. Quichotte's second letter to Salma R begins when he declares himself to be a what?

5. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two elements does Quichotte name as the components that came together to create Sancho?

2. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?

3. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.

4. For what reason does Rushdie allude to the Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo in the third chapter of Quichotte?

5. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?

6. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?

7. What major transition in Miss Salma R's life came shortly before the onset of her problems with addictive behaviors?

8. Provide three facts about Quichotte's life, as revealed in Chapter 1: Quichotte, an Old Man, Falls in Love, Embarks on a Quest, and Becomes a Father.

9. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?

10. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?

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