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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Saladin Chamcha's reaction to waking up on the beach?
(a) He laughs hysterically.
(b) He slaps Gibreel.
(c) He sits up and rubs his eyes.
(d) He starts to cry.

2. 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 is acting out of craftiness.
(d) She says he can kill the Grandee and be her husband.

3. When Mahound's Aeysha becomes jealous of his dalliances, what does he do?
(a) He makes her walk naked through the city.
(b) He threatens to have her sent to work at The Curtain.
(c) He tells her the lies whe wants to hear.
(d) He goes into a trance and quotes the Archangel giving him orders to have many women.

4. When the Imam summons Gibreel, the Archangel, where does he demand to be taken?
(a) Mecca
(b) Jerusalem
(c) Jahilia
(d) Germany

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mahound now believe about the verses accepting the goddesses?

2. What is Aeysha's affliction?

3. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?

4. What is Gibreel wearing when he comes down Rosa's stairs to see what is going on?

5. How does Osman explain to the villager that Aeysha disappeared without his seeing where she went.

(see the answer key)

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