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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following is Shakespeare’s authorship ascribed?
(a) Roger Ascham.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Francis Bacon.
(d) Walter Raleigh.

2. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?
(a) Hog Butcher to the World.
(b) City of Broad Shoulders.
(c) Second City.
(d) Windy City.

3. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Dutch Kills.
(b) Astoria.
(c) Sunnyside.
(d) Hunters Point.

4. Which Kabbalah scholar does Rushdie note condemns Roth’s work?
(a) Boaz Huss.
(b) Joseph Dan.
(c) Moshe Idel.
(d) Gershom Scholem.

5. Which of the following does Rushdie report is considered Roth’s best novel?
(a) The Great American Novel.
(b) The Ghost Writer.
(c) Sabbath’s Theater.
(d) Indignation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?

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

3. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?

4. Which of the following is noted as the original title of the Thousand Nights and One Night?

5. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?

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