View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Imam destroy clocks?
(a) They remind him of how long he has been in exile.
(b) He says God's time is timeless.
(c) Clocks are works of the Devil.
(d) The Empress Aeysha collects clocks.

2. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?
(a) His eyes glow red.
(b) His lumps have grown into sharp horns.
(c) His breath smells of death.
(d) He has no proper identification.

3. What follows the repudiation of the goddesses?
(a) Hamza is arrested and stoned to death.
(b) Hind forgives him and takes him to her bed.
(c) A policy of persecution against Mahound's followers
(d) A blood bath that kills all of Mahound's followers

4. Upon her return, what does Aeysha say the people of Titlipur must do?
(a) Go on a pilgrimage to Mecca to kiss the Ka'aba.
(b) Memorize the entire Quran
(c) Learn to call the butterflies.
(d) Give up eating meat.

5. What halts progress on Gibreel's film?
(a) Billy and Mimi are arrested again in New York.
(b) There is a fire on the sound stage.
(c) Billy cannot raise the money.
(d) The script is rejected and they have to start over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khalid's explanation for the Satanic verses?

2. Who tries to rationalize away the reason they come down slowly?

3. Where does Mahound go after he leaves Hind's chambers?

4. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?

5. What is Hamza's objection to accepting Lat, Uzza, and Manat as equal with Allah?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 340 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample