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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?

2. What does Mahound learn just before he dies?

3. As Hind grows bolder, what is happening to Mahound?

4. What makes Saladin's return to his past life difficult?

5. Angry at Saeed, Ayesha says that those who listen to the devil's verses will go to the devil. What does Mirza Saeed answer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Saladin destroys the wax figures in the Hot Wax Bar, he changes back into his human form. Write an explanation of that transformation. What does it mean to you?

Essay Topic 2

Write your opinion about the pilgrimage to Mecca. Discuss how people can be led by their hopes of something better. [You may want to compare it with Jim Jones and the Jonestown suicides]

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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