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

2. What proof do the police offer that Saladin is the man they are looking for?

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

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

5. When the Imam summons Gibreel, the Archangel, where does he demand to be taken?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Give some information about the exiled Imam.

3. What does Zeeny Vakil represent in the novel?

4. How has Mahound become prominent in Jahilia?

5. Explain how the floods change the mining townspeople's minds about Aeysha.

6. Where does the title of Satanic Verses come from?

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

8. What effect does the death of Sarpanch Muhammad Din's wife have on the pilgrims?

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

10. Why does Saladin return to India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on how people change as they mature and face death. Use Changez as an example and discuss the relative importance of holding onto traditions without consideration of their effects on other people. Notice how Chamcha also changes in his attitude toward his father.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about the end of the novel. What do you think the ending is saying? Why does Gibreel destroy himself and allows Saladin to continue? Discuss how this fits in with Rushdie's existential philosophy. Express whether you agree or disagree.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper comparing and contrasting Pamela Lovelace and Allie Cone. How are they similar and how do they differ? Is one more sympathetic than the other?

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