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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. Thayer listens to which character speak to an audience at a conference featured in the novel's eleventh chapter?

2. What level of school was Son attending at the time when he dropped out?

3. How many security guards show up when "the white lady" (126) launches a racist verbal attack against Quichotte and Sancho at Lake Capote?

4. Jonesco, the motel clerk at the Jonesco Motor Inn, mutters under his breath about the need for what objects?

5. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the novel's eleventh chapter?

2. Discuss an instance in the novel when humor is used to underscore the theme of absurdity.

3. What element is said to be desired by Sancho more than any other?

4. For what reason does Rushdie utilize a gambling metaphor within Chapter 13 of Part Two?

5. To what creature does Rushdie compare Quichotte as he is "driving the Cruze out of the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan" (192) and why?

6. What is the significance of Brother's encounter with the "mosaic portraits of authors and musicians" (213) in the subway station?

7. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?

8. What traumatic childhood scenario within Miss Salma R's childhood is explained in the novel's eleventh chapter?

9. What is the symbolism of Babajan's laugh, as revealed in the novel's eleventh chapter?

10. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing used within Part Two of Quichotte.

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

How is the topic of hope treated within Quichotte and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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