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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. Seeing the image, what does Gibreel want to know from Saladin?

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

3. What occurs in Gibreel's dream as Mahound returns to the mountain?

4. Where is Gibreel planning to go in London?

5. Why does Rosa Diamond rush for her hat, cloak, and stick?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Saladin return to India?

2. Why is Mrs. Hind such a bitter woman?

3. Why is Chamcha arrested by the police and later released?

4. Explain how business suddenly picks up at the brothel called The Curtain.

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

6. What had happened to Rekha?

7. What message does Aeysha give Mishal in response to Mirza Saeed's final appeal to the pilgrims?

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

9. How is Chamcha restored to his human form?

10. What does Zeeny Vakil represent in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The event of the Satanic Verses is an actual tradition of Islam. Write a paper on the probability of something like that happening. In comparison, notice how Mahound goes into a trance to quote verses to get his wife Aeysha to back off her objection to his other women. What in your opinion is Rushdie saying about where we get our religious dogmas?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay expressing your opinion as to who the narrator of THE SATANIC VERSES is. Use specific lines from the novel to back up your contention.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about organized demonstrations as a means of social change. Use the demonstration on behalf of Uhura Simba and the human chain for peace as examples. Then refer to real life demonstrations that have either succeeded or failed. Some examples you might want to research and include are the demonstrations led by Gandhi in India and the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

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