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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is attributed to Edward Bond?
(a) Hubbard.
(b) Bingo.
(c) MacDonald.
(d) Canasta.

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

4. Which of the following authors The Witch Must Die?
(a) Zipes.
(b) Said.
(c) Rushdie.
(d) Cashdan.

5. What message does Vonnegut’s work assert is encoded in Stonehenge?
(a) “Be patient. We haven’t forgotten you.”
(b) “Pack up your things and be ready to leave on short notice.”
(c) “Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed.”
(d) “You will be on your way before you know it.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following was Shah Zaman ruler?

2. As which of the following does Rushdie explain Heraclitus’s idea of ethos?

3. In what year does Rushdie report having initially written the text of “Cervantes and Shakespeare”?

4. Which of the following is posited to have written Don Quixote?

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

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