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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 what type of restaurant does Sancho realize that only Quichotte can see or hear him?

2. In what way are Sancho and Quichotte related?

3. What is the title of Dr. Smile and his wife's special song?

4. What is the relationship between the age of Quichotte and the age of DuChamp?

5. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "No great quest, my boy, was ever achieved except by those with" (98) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?

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

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

4. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?

5. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality surface in relation to the novel's protagonist, Quichotte?

6. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?

7. Who is Sam DuChamp?

8. Describe the circumstances that lead to Quichotte becoming a father in Chapter 1 of the novel.

9. What was the catalyst for Miss Salma R's doctors' decision to prescribe electroconvulsive therapy treatments?

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

Analyze Rushdie from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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