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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) The Empress Aeysha collects clocks.
(d) Clocks are works of the Devil.

2. What does Chamcha order Gibreel to do?
(a) Fly and sing
(b) Dive to his death
(c) Hold his hand
(d) Shut up and pray

3. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It echoes back into his mouth.
(b) It is a song about India as a lost continent.
(c) It is a language and a tune he does not know.
(d) It is a child's nursery rhyme.

4. Seeing the image, what does Gibreel want to know from Saladin?
(a) If he can help him get rid of it
(b) If he can see it also
(c) If he is seeing anything at all
(d) If he can hear the conversation

5. Why do the people reject Mirza Saeed's offer to build liters for them to ride in to Mecca?
(a) Because they cannot accept anything from an unbeliever
(b) Because the Archangel said they were to walk
(c) Because Aeysha forbids it
(d) Because there is not enough time to build them

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the antagonist of the Imam, Mahmood?

2. why do Gibreel and Rosa go into the village to buy a cake and champagne?

3. Who does Gibreel see on his way down to earth?

4. What happens to Billy Battuta and Mimi in New York?

5. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?

(see the answer key)

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