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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 does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?

2. What does Saladin dream about in Rosa's house?

3. How does Hind say he got there?

4. What is odd about the song Gibreel begins to sing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Chamcha restored to his human form?

3. Why is Gibreel unable to get away from Rosa Diamond?

4. What is the irony of the marriage of Chamcha and Pamela Lovelace?

5. What is the reaction to Saladin when Sufyan brings him into the Shaandaar hotel?

6. Describe how Gibreel and Chamcha find themselves as they wake up on land.

7. While the pilgrims are marching to the sea, what is Mirza Saeed attempting to do?

8. Give some information about the exiled Imam.

9. Describe what Chamcha finds in the church.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Sufyan's opinion that association with other Indians will transform Chamcha from his devilish appearance back into his former self. Does this actually happen in some way? Explain your opinion in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper on the conflict between religions. Al-Lat represents polytheism as opposed to the monotheism of Mahound. Although Al-Lat is defeated by Gibreel, is that only because the Imam wills it? Khalid seems to have destroyed Al-Lat, but in the end, she is still there. Discuss this conflict in detail and how it relates to the real world.

Essay Topic 3

Take several scenes from the book like the pilgrims walking purposefully into the sea, the bloody tear from the statue of Al-Lat, the wax images in the Hot Wax Bar, and others. Then write a paper discussing Rushdie's use of symbolism, explain what the symbols are.

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