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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days pass for Shahryar and Shah Zaman between their revenge for cuckoldry and their marriages to Scheherazade and Dunyazad?
(a) 1,001.
(b) 907.
(c) 1,095.
(d) 1,189.

2. The phrase “sui generis” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Dull.
(b) Original.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Derivative.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?
(a) The Last Dark.
(b) The Other Wind.
(c) The Tribe that Lost Its Head.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

4. Which of the following is reported as saying “a novel is a long prose narrative that has something wrong with it” (35)?
(a) André Malraux.
(b) Brandon Sanderson.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) Randall Jarrell.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie gloss "shanti"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Done for.
(d) Ramshackle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Heller publish Catch-22?

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note having written for his son?

5. Which of the following characters does Rushdie reference?

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