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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following phrases does the narrator use to describe Trump’s ascendancy (23)?
(a) “A vision of himself impossibly enhanced, improbably enlarged, released from the pull of debt or truth or history.”
(b) “[The] completion of the long-planned advent of the merchant class to the sanctum sanctorum of American power.”
(c) “A man delivered from consequence itself into pure self-absorption.”
(d) “A dream that imagines the flourishing of others as nothing more than a road sign.”

2. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2012.

3. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2011.

4. To whom does the narrator ascribe the comments in his play that seem to praise or justify the 11 September 2001 attacks?
(a) Latif.
(b) Sikander.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Riaz.

5. In what hospital does Sikander examine Trump for Brugada syndrome?
(a) Mayo Clinic.
(b) Mount Sinai.
(c) Bethlehem.
(d) St. Jude’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?

2. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?

3. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

4. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?

5. In what year is the narrator born?

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