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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 is the relationship that exists between Dr. R.K. Smile and Quichotte?
2. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?
3. About how old is Sancho?
4. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?
5. The narrator opens the fourth chapter of the novel by stating, "They do things differently" (53) in which country?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe at least two different levels of reality introduced within the first two chapters of Quichotte.
2. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?
3. What type of insect appears to Sancho and to what text is Rushdie alluding with this scene in the novel's seventh chapter?
4. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?
5. What two elements does Quichotte name as the components that came together to create Sancho?
6. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality surface in relation to the novel's protagonist, Quichotte?
7. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?
8. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?
9. What is the significance of Brother's use of the second person point of view in the novel's fourth chapter?
10. Who is Sam DuChamp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message is Rushdie sending regarding the source of human flaws and unhappiness?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Rushdie’s novel Quichotte. What message is Rushdie sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Quichotte.
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