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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?
(a) Hind takes over the operation and brings in new girls.
(b) The twelve whores assume the names of Mahound's twelve wives.
(c) Mahound takes to coming there every day with his closest friends.
(d) former priestesses of Al-Lat come to join the whores of The Curtain.

2. What occupation do Gibreel and Chamcha have in common?
(a) They are religious clerics.
(b) The are writers.
(c) They are actors.
(d) They are accountants.

3. What does the specter of Dr. Babington say as he fades into the moonlight?
(a) Whatever the English think, there are better cultures.
(b) Whatever the english bring with them, they always take away.
(c) Wherever the English go, death is not far behind.
(d) Wherever the English settle, they never leave England.

4. What does ellowen deeowen stand for?
(a) LOW DONE
(b) LONDON
(c) EL LO DOWN
(d) HALLOWEEN

5. What causes the rumor that Hind is using witchcraft?
(a) She starts collecting brooms and caldrons.
(b) She is always accompanied by a black cat.
(c) She does not appear to age.
(d) She dresses all in black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the police come for Saladin?

2. What does the Grandee, Abu Simbel, want from the satirist Baal?

3. Who tries to rationalize away the reason they come down slowly?

4. How does Hind save her life?

5. What sign is given Baal that Mahound is returning to Jahilia?

(see the answer key)

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