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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. Which high school does Rushdie note Philip Roth attended?
(a) Weequahic.
(b) Hillside.
(c) Tivy.
(d) Erasmus.
2. How does Rushdie gloss the term “Trümmerliteratur”?
(a) “Stomach literature.”
(b) “Truthful literature.”
(c) “Drummer literature.”
(d) “Rubble literature.”
3. With which of the following does Part Three end?
(a) “Happy Commencement Day.”
(b) “I prefer not to.”
(c) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(d) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
4. In which year does Rushdie note the Indian Uprising occurred?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1066.
5. For how many Academy Awards does Rushdie note The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.
Short Answer Questions
1. As which of the following did Hitchens address Mos Def?
2. Which of the following does Rushdie observe received a Nobel Prize?
3. Of what city’s organized crime does Roberto Saviano write?
4. Which of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories does Rushdie regard as his best?
5. Which of the following came to the PEN World Voiced festival from Brooklyn?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what does Rushdie situate the origin of auteur theory?
2. What does Rushdie call “the final victory of the censor” (228)?
3. What does Rushdie note caused the characters drawn from his biography to come alive?
4. How does Rushdie describe Slothrop?
5. How does Rushdie define adaptation?
6. How does Rushdie explain the American preoccupation with religion?
7. Paraphrase the question Rushdie asks Saul Bellow at PEN America in 1986?
8. How does Rushdie propose readers fight against censorship and artistic repression?
9. How does Rushdie differentiate a “historical” fact from a “basic” fact?
10. What final gift does Rushdie note being able to offer Hitchens?
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