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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Dashner.
(b) Atwood.
(c) St. John Mandel.
(d) Brown.

2. With which of the following does the first essay of the section, “Truth,” begin?
(a) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(b) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(c) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”
(d) “India, in the mid-sixteenth century.”

3. What sculptor does Rushdie suggest for Saligia?
(a) Auguste Rodin.
(b) Rita Marie Ross.
(c) Fernando Botero.
(d) Anish Kapoor.

4. At which institution has Rushdie lodged his papers?
(a) Library of Congress.
(b) Emory University.
(c) New York University.
(d) University of Cambridge.

5. Which of the following comments that “The cruelest thing anyone can do with Portnoy’s Complaint is read it twice” (88)?
(a) Irving Berlin.
(b) Irving Howe.
(c) John Howe.
(d) John Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

2. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie identify as working in Roth’s tradition?

4. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?

5. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?

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