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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With which of the following does the first essay in the section, “Wonder Tales,” begin?
(a) “Before there were books, there were stories.”
(b) “What, art thou mad? Art thou mad?”
(c) “I once asked a maker of fine gold jewelry why she only worked in such an expensive material.”
(d) “The last time I heard from Philip Roth was in October 2017.”

4. To which of the following does Rushdie report his parents moved?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Rajkot.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Lahore.

5. Which of the following authors does Rushdie note having read?
(a) William H. Gass.
(b) John Gardner.
(c) Gail Godwin.
(d) Liz Rosenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sins does Rushdie claim is worst?

2. In what decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?

3. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?

4. In the context of discussing Muhammad Ali, the word “hagiography” most nearly means which of the following?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie report being among his father’s library?

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