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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 of the following wrote “Stalin Epigram” in 1933?
(a) Akhmatova.
(b) Mandelstam.
(c) Sakharov.
(d) Solzhenitsyn.
2. Which of the following reality shows does Rushdie note invited him to appear?
(a) Celebrity Apprentice.
(b) Shark Tank.
(c) Dancing with the Stars.
(d) Strictly Come Dancing.
3. Which of the following of Rushdie’s characters does he admit is autobiographical?
(a) Khattam Shud.
(b) Pamela Lovelace.
(c) Malik Solanka.
(d) Babar Shakil.
4. In what year does Rushdie first encounter Muhammad Ali?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2001.
5. With which of the following does Part Three end?
(a) “…once you have found your wings, you fly.”
(b) “I am proud to receive an award named for Harold Pinter, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great friend in need.”
(c) “I prefer not to.”
(d) “Happy Commencement Day.”
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Rushdie cite against sloth?
2. Rushdie notes that Osama bin Laden died just after which of the following observances?
3. In what year does Saligia first appear in writing?
4. Who was *president* of PEN America in 2004?
5. Which of the following argued in 1986 that “literature is not an equal-opportunity employer” (221)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rushdie note caused the characters drawn from his biography to come alive?
2. What choice does Rushdie note is required to produce Othello?
3. What does Rushdie note is the wrong answer to give when asked about autobiographical fiction?
4. Why does Rushdie note admiring Susan Orlean in regards to Adaptation?
5. What three countries does Rushdie comment that he has “spent [his] life caring about” (211)?
6. To what does Rushdie ascribe the closeness of his friendship with Christopher Hitchens?
7. Why does Rushdie argue that the Hinduism of the BJP is not true Hinduism?
8. Why does Rushdie posit that the United States tolerates Pakistan’s quiet hosting of terrorist groups and figures?
9. What does Rushdie call “the final victory of the censor” (228)?
10. What does Rushdie call the most ancient question (180)?
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