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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following was accused of being “a woman hungry of sex” (230)?

3. Who was *CEO* of PEN America in 2004?

4. In the context of discussing Muhammad Ali, the word “hagiography” most nearly means which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What final gift does Rushdie note being able to offer Hitchens?

2. How does Rushdie define the “given” with which authors must contend?

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

4. What choice does Rushdie note is required to produce Othello?

5. How does Rushdie propose readers fight against censorship and artistic repression?

6. What does Rushdie note as a reason the interviews in the Paris Review are worth attention?

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

8. How does Rushdie explain the American preoccupation with religion?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rushdie’s narrative voice change across the essays? What effect on the reader do the changes have? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Languages of Truth. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Languages of Truth on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the type of text? How does it do so?

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