This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Salman Rushdie > Salman Rushdie – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Salman Rushdie Quiz 1 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before becoming a novelist, Rushdie worked in ..... A) Theatre and opera. B) Television and radio. C) Television and advertising. D) Business. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Television and advertising. 2. An excellent way to engage fully with literature as you read is ..... A) To try to memorize what you read. B) To make annotations. C) To relax; if you fall asleep no worries, you need the rest. D) To skim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make annotations. 3. Given that Rushdie's writing is playful, hyperbolic, outlandish and highly imaginative, you should expect a final project to be ..... A) A multiple-choice test. B) A rock opera. C) An analytical essay. D) A creative writing piece. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A creative writing piece. 4. Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which you are about to start reading, incorporates elements of magical realism. What is that? A) Stories about magicians. B) Literature that depicts fantastical elements as a normal part of the 'real' world. C) Writing that has a magical effect on you. D) Literature that shows the world in the most realistic way possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literature that depicts fantastical elements as a normal part of the 'real' world. 5. Rushdie wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories ..... A) In order to explore nautical themes. B) As a promise to his son Zafar. C) Because he had time on his hands, being in hiding and all. D) As a means of making up for the insults of The Satanic Verses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a promise to his son Zafar. 6. Rushdie grew up in a ..... family. Tolerance was a key feature of his family's approach to the religion. A) Atheist. B) Christian. C) Jewish. D) Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslim. 7. Rushdie first received international acclaim when he published ..... , a novel that narrates key events in India's history and which won, among other awards, the Booker Prize. A) Shalimar the Clown. B) Midnight's Children. C) The Satanic Verses. D) Shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midnight's Children. 8. At Cambridge University, Rushdie studied ..... A) History. B) Literature. C) Political Science. D) Creative Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) History. Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books