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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mahound go after he leaves Hind's chambers?
(a) To find his uncle.
(b) Back up Mount Cone.
(c) To his seventy year old wife.
(d) To get a drink from the well of Zamzam.

2. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?
(a) A piece of the plane
(b) A starfish
(c) An octopus
(d) Chamcha's shoe

3. What does Gibreel say when he wakes up?
(a) Did you see that?
(b) Where are we?
(c) Born again.
(d) Who am I?

4. Where is the Archangel Gibreel after all the followers of Mahound leave the city?
(a) Back home in his bed in London.
(b) In heaven discussing everything with Allah.
(c) Flying around trying to find Mahound.
(d) On the mountain being attacked by Lat, Ussa, and Manat.

5. What is impossible for Gibreel and Chamcha to do, yet they do?
(a) Jump over each others
(b) Fly like a kite
(c) Hear each other
(d) Slow down their descent

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are Gibreel and Chamcha found?

3. What does Abu Simbel want from Mahound?

4. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?

5. What cliche does Abu Simbel believe is not true?

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