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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. Miss Salma R is a third-generation sufferer of which malady?

2. When Quichotte notes a wasted asset of Quichotte's, what item does he name?

3. How many unsuccessful marriages has Miss Salma R. had, according to the narrator in the eighth chapter?

4. Quichotte decides in the novel's first chapter that Sancho is "approximately the same hue as" (19) which character?

5. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two elements does Quichotte name as the components that came together to create Sancho?

2. For what reason does Rushdie allude to the Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo in the third chapter of Quichotte?

3. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?

4. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?

5. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?

6. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?

7. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?

8. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?

9. What type of insect appears to Sancho and to what text is Rushdie alluding with this scene in the novel's seventh chapter?

10. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rushdie's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Quichotte.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Quichotte and one of the novel's main messages. How does Rushdie make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Rushdie sending about the characteristics of life in the United States?

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