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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abu Simbel want from Mahound?
(a) That Mahound will bring his angel to the city
(b) That Mahound will leave Jahilia and teach somewhere else
(c) That Mahound will recant his beliefs
(d) That Allah recognize Lat, Uzza, and Manat as gods

2. What does Inspector Lime refuse to admit he saw when he looked up at Gibreel?
(a) An elephant head
(b) A halo
(c) Golden eyes
(d) Three sets of arms

3. How does Hind taunt Mahound?
(a) She tells him he is a poor lover.
(b) She calls Lat, Uzza, and Manat his new angels.
(c) She says he can kill the Grandee and be her husband.
(d) She says he is acting out of craftiness.

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

5. What is Saladin holding up when he appears in Rosa's hallway?
(a) His bowler hat
(b) His driver's license
(c) His pajamas with the missing button
(d) A golf club

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Saladin covered with a thin sheet of ice?

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

3. What does the specter of Dr. Babington say as he fades into the moonlight?

4. After the fall, what happens to Saladin's breath?

5. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?

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