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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1982.

2. Where was a statue of Catherine of Braganza planned to be erected?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Hunters Point.
(c) Sunnyside.
(d) Dutch Kills.

3. To which of the following does Rushdie compare Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Stan Laurel.
(c) Rudolph Valentino.
(d) Buster Keaton.

4. Which of the following fantasy authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Hobb.
(b) McKillip.
(c) Le Guin.
(d) Hughes.

5. To what literary device does Rushdie suggest García Márquez is prone?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Laconism.
(c) Periphrasis.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meaning is ascribed to the name Scheherazade?

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

3. With which of the following does Rushdie note Roth lived?

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

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

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