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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosa's response when Gibreel asks if she noticed Chamcha's horns?

2. What happens between Rosa and Gibreel in a dream?

3. Who does Gibreel see on his way down to earth?

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

5. why do Gibreel and Rosa go into the village to buy a cake and champagne?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give some information about the exiled Imam.

2. How does Chamcha react to the information that Changez has not been told that he is dying?

3. Explain how Baal, the satirical poet, realizes that Mahound is returning to Jahilia.

4. How have things changed at Scandal Point?

5. Explain what Hind tries to do but is prevented by Mahound.

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

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

8. Explain what Gibreel sees on the way down to earth that Chamcha does not see.

9. Why is Mirza Saeed so miserable?

10. How would you describe the character of Khalid, the water carrier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper expressing your opinion about the meaning of the Archangel Gibreel only being able to do what people who call him want him to do. What is that saying about religion?

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper discussing the similarity between the girl Aeysha and Mahound. Do you think they are mirror images? If so, what is the message Rushdie gives?

Essay Topic 3

Mahound's new religion is called Submission. The religion consists of rules and regulations. Some people, like Khalid, are very comfortable with this control while others, like Salman the scribe, cannot accept the restrictions. Only Mahound seems not to be bound by the rules. Write a paper discussing your opinion about a religion of rules and laws without compassion.

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