Introduction to Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is British, but he was born and spent his childhood...

• in Cambridge, USA

• in Mumbai, India

• in London, England

• in Peshawar, Pakistan

Rushdie grew up in a ................... family. Tolerance was a key feature of his family's approach to the religion.

• Christian

• Jewish

• Muslim

• Atheist

At Cambridge University, Rushdie studied...

• Literature

• History

• Political Science

• Creative Writing

Before becoming a novelist, Rushdie worked in....

• theatre and opera

• television and radio

• television and advertising

• business

Rushdie's first novel, Grimus, was published in...

• 1947

• 1964

• 1975

• 1981

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.

• Midnight's Children

• The Satanic Verses

• Shame

• Shalimar the Clown

Which novel led lead to accusations of blasphemy against Islam and resulted in a fatwa against Rushdie?

• The Satanic Verses

• Midnight's Children

• Haroun and the Sea of Stories

• Shame

Due to the fatwa issued by Iran's supreme leader (the Ayatollah Khomeini) in 1989 after The Satanic Verses came out, Rushdie was forced into hiding. How many years did he spend in hiding?

• 2

• 5

• 9

• 32 and counting (he is still in hiding)

Which novel became a U2 song with lyrics by Rushdie?

• Quichotte

• The Golden House

• The Ground Beneath Her Feet

• Luka and the Fire of Life

Rushdie wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories ....

• in order to explore nautical themes

• as a promise to his son Zafar

• because he had time on his hands, being in hiding and all

• as a means of making up for the insults of The Satanic Verses