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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 Gibreel doing that slows down their descent?

2. What is the question about the type of song Gibreel sang?

3. What does Bilal, an American convert, do for the Imam?

4. What is Aeysha's affliction?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has Salman defected from Mahound?

4. Describe what Chamcha finds in the church.

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

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

7. How is Baal finally recognized in spite of his dyed skin and attire like a djinn?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze Rushdie's writing style and express your opinion as to its sound. Do you think he makes it sound the way people actually talk? Give examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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