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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Rushdie note Hitchens became enamored?
(a) Paul Woflowitz.
(b) Rudy de Leon.
(c) Gordon England.
(d) Ash Carter.

2. In what decade does Rushdie posit the human population of India exceeded the divine?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1950s.

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

4. Which of the following does Rushdie call “The first great writer I knew” (158)?
(a) Ahmad Faraz.
(b) Mirza Ghalib.
(c) Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
(d) Mir Taqi Mir.

5. Which of the following wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?
(a) Solzhenitsyn.
(b) Sakharov.
(c) Mandelstam.
(d) Akhmatova.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Rushdie note denies desire to understand other writers’ processes?

2. In what year does Rushdie note having worked on the first draft of Shame?

3. Which of the following does Rushdie note is assumed to be objectionable by those who have not read or viewed it?

4. Alongside which of the following was Rushdie invited to an Australian atheist event?

5. In what year did Dickens die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rushdie describe Slothrop?

2. What does Rushdie note is the right answer to give when asked about autobiographical fiction?

3. How does Rushdie define adaptation?

4. What justification does Rushdie see used to condemn artists in India and the United States?

5. In what does Rushdie situate the origin of auteur theory?

6. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?

7. To what does Rushdie ascribe the closeness of his friendship with Christopher Hitchens?

8. What does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?

9. Why does Rushdie note admiring Susan Orlean in regards to Adaptation?

10. How does Rushdie differentiate a “historical” fact from a “basic” fact?

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