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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what does Rushdie compare the explosion of the jet?
(a) The big bang
(b) The A-bomb
(c) The Challenger
(d) TheTitanic
2. What happens to Gibreel's breath after he falls to earth?
(a) It begins to smell like lilacs.
(b) It gets worse than before.
(c) It ceases to smell bad.
(d) It is knocked out of him.
3. How does Gibreel finally manage to pin Mahound down in the wrestling match?
(a) It is what Mahound wants.
(b) The afreet come and help him.
(c) Gibreel strikes Mahound blind.
(d) Mahound gets sleepy.
4. Where is Gibreel planning to go in London?
(a) To see Allie
(b) To find Saladin
(c) To Buchingham Palace
(d) To Trafalgar Square
5. After the fall, what happens to Saladin's breath?
(a) It smells like flowers.
(b) It smells of burning wood.
(c) Saladin no longer needs to breathe.
(d) It becomes very bad like Gibreel's was before.
6. Where does Rosa tell Gibreel she went as a young bride?
(a) The Caribbean
(b) India
(c) Argentina
(d) Brazil
7. Who is the antagonist of the Imam, Mahmood?
(a) The Empress Aeysha
(b) Saladin Chamcha
(c) Rosa Diamond
(d) The angel Gibreel
8. How many survivors are there from the explosion?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) Twenty
(d) None
9. Where is the Archangel Gibreel after all the followers of Mahound leave the city?
(a) In heaven discussing everything with Allah.
(b) Back home in his bed in London.
(c) Flying around trying to find Mahound.
(d) On the mountain being attacked by Lat, Ussa, and Manat.
10. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?
(a) They make love.
(b) They are transported to Argentina.
(c) They drift above the clouds.
(d) They ride horses on the beach.
11. What is Rosa's response when Gibreel asks if she noticed Chamcha's horns?
(a) She looks surprised and nods her head.
(b) She says that horns are the fashion now.
(c) she says she did not.
(d) Nothing, she goes deaf.
12. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?
(a) He has no proper identification.
(b) His lumps have grown into sharp horns.
(c) His breath smells of death.
(d) His eyes glow red.
13. How does Mahound see the Archangel Gibreel in the cave?
(a) As a half man, half horse
(b) As standing in a fiery bush
(c) As hovering over him, flapping his wings
(d) As being connected to him by a golden umbilical cord
14. Who tries to rationalize away the reason they come down slowly?
(a) Saladin
(b) Rescuers
(c) Rekha
(d) Gibreel
15. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?
(a) She is about to do a witch's brew.
(b) She is going grocery shopping.
(c) She fears she needs to get out of her house.
(d) She is hurrying to go see who fell from the sky.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?
2. What is Mirza's doubt about sending Mishal back to the purdah?
3. Why do the people reject Mirza Saeed's offer to build liters for them to ride in to Mecca?
4. Who does Saladin think the old woman with the cane is?
5. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?
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