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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Rushdie posit may have connected Shakespeare to Cervantes?
(a) Thespis.
(b) Two Noble Kinsmen.
(c) Love’s Labor’s Won.
(d) Cardenio.

3. Who is known as the “Mama of Dada” (176)?
(a) Beatrice Wood.
(b) Harry Wood.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Beatrix Potter.

4. In what translation does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) Marie Boroff.
(b) Gregory Rabassa.
(c) Aurelian Buendía.
(d) JC Orozco.

5. Of which of the following was Heraclitus a prince?
(a) Pythagoreio.
(b) Ephesus.
(c) Heraclion.
(d) Patmos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following novels does Rushdie reference?

2. With which of the following does Part Two end?

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

4. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

5. Whom does Rushdie remark destroyed Philip Larkin’s diaries?

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