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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. In the third chapter, Quichotte sends Miss Salma R. a note containing how many words?
2. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?
3. In the seventh chapter of the novel, Quichotte and Sancho encounter what type of talking insect?
4. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?
5. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what important realization does Sancho arrive while standing in a Subway restaurant in the novel's sixth chapter?
2. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?
3. What major transition in Miss Salma R's life came shortly before the onset of her problems with addictive behaviors?
4. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?
5. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?
6. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?
7. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?
8. What type of insect appears to Sancho and to what text is Rushdie alluding with this scene in the novel's seventh chapter?
9. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?
10. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Rushdie send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rushdie's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Quichotte.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Rushdie's choice to tell the story of Quichotte using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Rushdie’s intended effects on the reader?
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