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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aeysha believe will happen on the way to Mecca?
(a) Mirza Saeed, the zamindar, will be converted.
(b) The waters of the Red Sea will part and they can walk across.
(c) Gibreel will give them food from heaven.
(d) The Archangel Gibreel will lead them all the way.

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) Wherever the English settle, they never leave England.
(c) Wherever the English go, death is not far behind.
(d) Whatever the english bring with them, they always take away.

4. What difficulty does Gibreel have in getting out of Rosa's house?
(a) He cannot unlock the door.
(b) Rosa wakes up and holds onto him.
(c) His legs are unsteady.
(d) He trips on the stairs.

5. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?
(a) It is a language and a tune he does not know.
(b) It echoes back into his mouth.
(c) It is a child's nursery rhyme.
(d) It is a song about India as a lost continent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Osman make his living?

3. Who tells Abu Simbel that a poet's work is to shape the world?

4. Where is Gibreel planning to go in London?

5. What is under Saladin's bowler hat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Grandee's wife, Hind, represent?

2. How is Chamcha restored to his human form?

3. What happens at Shepperton Studios?

4. How is Baal finally recognized in spite of his dyed skin and attire like a djinn?

5. What do Mishal and Anahita question about Chamcha's appearance?

6. When Mahound has conquered the city, why is Salman spared?

7. Explain why the satirical character of Mahound becomes so offensive to Muslims.

8. How have things changed at Scandal Point?

9. Who is the Aeysha of the butterflies?

10. What is the relevance of the arrest of Dr. Uhura Simba to the theme of the novel?

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