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

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) 907.
(b) 1,001.
(c) 1,189.
(d) 1,095.

2. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

3. In which of the following is Coalhouse Walker a character?
(a) World’s Fair.
(b) Andrew’s Brain.
(c) Loon Lake.
(d) Ragtime.

4. In what year does Rushdie note having first read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

5. As which of the following does Rushdie rename Death?
(a) Desolator of Domains.
(b) Deliverer of Destinies.
(c) Destroyer of Delights.
(d) Denigrator of Dynasties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rushdie note was her preferred bookseller in Cambridge?

2. Which of the following does Rushdie use as a name for Chicago?

3. From which of the following does Rushdie note borrowing?

4. Which of Rushdie’s novels does he note Philip Roth read?

5. To which of the following is the anthology dedicated?

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