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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decreases along with the disappearance of Chamcha's horns and hooves?

2. What emotion becomes the undoing of Gibreel's and Allie's relationship?

3. What two women begin to haunt Saladin's dreams?

4. Who recognizes Aeysha in the village of Chatnapatna?

5. How does business suddenly boom at The Curtain?

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

Review the legend of the walnut tree and write a paper on different cultural beliefs and practices. Include customs of your culture that may not have any meaning in another culture. Discuss the importance of different cultures understanding each other.

Essay Topic 3

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]

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