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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It is a child's nursery rhyme.
(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 echoes back into his mouth.

2. Who comes to Hagar to show her the waters of Zamzam?
(a) A camel
(b) Gibreel as the Archangel
(c) Shaitan
(d) Ibrahim

3. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?
(a) He changes Mahound into a donkey.
(b) Mahound tries to kill him.
(c) He talks to God who tells him what to say.
(d) He and Mahound are wrestling naked.

4. What is Khalid's explanation for the Satanic verses?
(a) That Mahound was testing their loyalty.
(b) That Mahound had brought the devil so they could recongize him.
(c) That Mahound was under the influence of Hind's drugs.
(d) That Mahound was forced to say good things about Lat.

5. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?
(a) Mahound gets sleepy.
(b) It is what Mahound wants.
(c) The afreet come and help him.
(d) Gibreel strikes Mahound blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his dream, what is the new name his mother gives him?

2. Why does Hamza insist that Mahound return to the mountain?

3. What is impossible for Gibreel and Chamcha to do, yet they do?

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

5. What is the name of the jumbo jet that explodes?

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