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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. What literary agency do Rushdie and Roth share?
(a) Veritas.
(b) Wylie.
(c) InkWell.
(d) BJ Robbins.

2. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1856.

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

4. At which of the following is Rushdie a writer in residence?
(a) MIT.
(b) New York University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Emory University.

5. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Susan Sontag.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what use does Rushdie note the graphite pencil was first put?

2. In what year does Rushdie note the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery opened?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?

4. In which year does Rushdie note the Indian Uprising occurred?

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

(see the answer key)

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