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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what city’s organized crime does Roberto Saviano write?
(a) Rome.
(b) Venice.
(c) Naples.
(d) Padua.

2. Which of the following dystopian authors does Rushdie reference?
(a) Brown.
(b) Atwood.
(c) Dashner.
(d) St. John Mandel.

3. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
(a) Liu Xiaobo.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Seamus Heaney.

4. Which of the following does Rushdie note was the first exhibit in the Great Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern gallery?
(a) Marsyas.
(b) Sunflower Seeds.
(c) Maman.
(d) Fons Americanus.

5. Which of the following does Rushdie note transferred control of Bombay to England?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) India.
(d) Portugal.

6. In what year did Dickens die?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1828.

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

8. Which high school does Rushdie note Philip Roth attended?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Weequahic.
(c) Tivy.
(d) Hillside.

9. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2001.

10. In which year does Rushdie note the Indian Uprising occurred?
(a) 1066.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1857.

11. What writer does Rushdie note denies desire to understand other writers’ processes?
(a) Bharati Mukherjee.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) Nuruddin Farah.
(d) VS Naipaul.

12. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Babar Shakil.
(b) Pamela Lovelace.
(c) Malik Solanka.
(d) Khattam Shud.

13. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
(a) 1371.
(b) 1571.
(c) 1271.
(d) 1471.

14. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit borrows from a childhood friend?
(a) Hanif.
(b) Hairoil.
(c) Soumitra.
(d) Masha.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Part Two end?

2. In what year did Dickens first give a speaking tour in America?

3. With which of the following does Part Three end?

4. On whom does Rushdie note Harper Lee’s Dill is based?

5. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?

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