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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. Why are Mahound's followers worried after he goes to see the Grandee?
(a) He may be planning to kill the Grandee.
(b) He may fall into the clutches of Hind.
(c) He is gone a long time and has not returned.
(d) He is likely to compromise with the Grandee.

2. Who is the antagonist of the Imam, Mahmood?
(a) Saladin Chamcha
(b) The Empress Aeysha
(c) Rosa Diamond
(d) The angel Gibreel

3. What fills the zamindar, Mirza Saeed Akhtar, with lust as he stands on the veranda of his house?
(a) The Empress Hind doing a sensual dance
(b) A girl who is eating on his lawn and attracting the chameleon butterflies
(c) His wife, Mishal, taking her morning bath in the fountain
(d) The ghost of Rekha dancing on his lawn

4. What is the name of the jumbo jet that explodes?
(a) Bambi
(b) Bombay
(c) Bostan
(d) Bastian

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aeysha believe will happen on the way to Mecca?

2. What does Abu Simbel want from Mahound?

3. What blasphemous thing does Mirza say to Aeysha?

4. How does Hind say he got there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Trapped by Rosa Diamond, what does Gibreel think is happening to him?

2. Explain religious extremism as demonstrated by finding the abandoned baby.

3. What is the thing Chamcha must do that calls him away from the human chain protest?

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

5. What do the citizens of Jahilia and their religion represent in the novel?

6. What is Saladin able to do for his father?

7. Describe what Chamcha finds in the church.

8. Why is Mirza Saeed so miserable?

9. Describe how Gibreel and Chamcha fall from the wreckage of flight AI-420.

10. Detail the things about Allie Cone that make her a minor celebrity.

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