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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following books does Rushdie reference?
(a) Augie March.
(b) Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
(c) Seize the Day.
(d) Ravelstein.

2. Which of the following is posited to have written Don Quixote?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Walter Raleigh.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Roger Ascham.

3. How large an advance did Rushdie receive for his first published novel?
(a) £700.
(b) £500.
(c) £300.
(d) £900.

4. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?
(a) Munich.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Dresden.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of daimon?
(a) Guiding principle that shapes one’s life.
(b) Way of being in the world.
(c) Assertion of considered reason.
(d) Overarching cultural story about the culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note translated the Thousand Nights and One Night?

2. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?

3. Which of the following authored The Enigma of Arrival?

4. In which London neighborhood did Rushdie live while working part-time in advertising?

5. Which of the following authors The Witch Must Die?

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