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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 which direction do Sancho and Quichotte head on Highway 160 in the seventh chapter?
2. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?
3. What adjective does the narrator apply to the reader while speaking directly to the reader in the novel's fourth chapter?
4. Quichotte is described as often finding "himself incapable of distinguishing between" (2) which two elements?
5. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?
2. Describe the circumstances that lead to Quichotte becoming a father in Chapter 1 of the novel.
3. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?
4. What was the catalyst for Miss Salma R's doctors' decision to prescribe electroconvulsive therapy treatments?
5. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?
6. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?
7. Who is Sam DuChamp?
8. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?
9. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?
10. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Quichotte.
Essay Topic 2
What message is Rushdie sending regarding the source of human flaws and unhappiness?
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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