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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. What object in Sancho's possession does Quichotte recognize from an old photo of himself?
2. What city is named as "the capital of Indian America," (66) according to the narrator?
3. Three generations of whose family are said to suffer from struggles with mental health?
4. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?
5. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?
2. 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.
3. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?
4. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?
5. Describe Sancho's overall impressions of his father Quichotte.
6. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?
7. What two elements does Quichotte name as the components that came together to create Sancho?
8. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.
9. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?
10. Describe at least two different levels of reality introduced within the first two chapters of Quichotte.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Quichotte and one of the novel's main messages. How does Rushdie make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Quichotte and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Rushdie's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Quichotte.
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