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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following poems by Housman does Rushdie reference?
(a) “The Land of Discontent.”
(b) “The Land of Confusion.”
(c) “The Land of Found Content.”
(d) “The Land of Lost Content.”

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

4. Which of the following remarks that “India is no longer India” (233)?
(a) Aatish Taseer.
(b) Narendra Modi.
(c) Rabindranath Tagore.
(d) Amit Shah.

5. Which of the following is described as a villain in the Hamzanama?
(a) Zumurrud Shah.
(b) Amit Shah.
(c) Shah Zaman.
(d) Said Farrukh-Nizhad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rushdie note Kundera ignores?

2. In what year does Rushdie report having met Eudora Welty?

3. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?

4. In which city was Vonnegut imprisoned?

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

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