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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. Seeing the image, what does Gibreel want to know from Saladin?

2. Where are Gibreel and Chamcha found?

3. Where is the Archangel Gibreel after all the followers of Mahound leave the city?

4. What is beside Gibreel's ear when he wakes up on the beach?

5. What follows the repudiation of the goddesses?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Saladin return to India?

3. How does Chamcha go about reclaiming his life after he returns to normal?

4. How have things changed at Scandal Point?

5. Why does the TV show called Gardener's World attract Chamcha's attention?

6. What happens at Shepperton Studios?

7. Explain why the satirical character of Mahound becomes so offensive to Muslims.

8. Why is Chamcha arrested by the police and later released?

9. What had happened to Rekha?

10. What is the difference of opinion between Gibreel and the Imam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about Zeeny and Saladin Chamcha. Zeeny represents pride in her heritage while Chamcha represents ethnic self-loathing. Discuss the merits of Zeeny's attitude and how it eventually sinks in on Salahuddin. Discuss your opinion of ethnic pride and the value of maintaining cultural differences.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about organized demonstrations as a means of social change. Use the demonstration on behalf of Uhura Simba and the human chain for peace as examples. Then refer to real life demonstrations that have either succeeded or failed. Some examples you might want to research and include are the demonstrations led by Gandhi in India and the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

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