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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Hind grows bolder, what is happening to Mahound?
2. What happens before Mahound will enter Jahilia?
3. What does Mahound learn just before he dies?
4. What does Anahita call her parents' native land?
5. About what does Sufyan's wife, Hind, assume that her husband agrees with her?
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
Mahound's new religion is called Submission. The religion consists of rules and regulations. Some people, like Khalid, are very comfortable with this control while others, like Salman the scribe, cannot accept the restrictions. Only Mahound seems not to be bound by the rules. Write a paper discussing your opinion about a religion of rules and laws without compassion.
Essay Topic 3
One of the main themes of THE SATANIC VERSES is that of racism. Select example passages on that theme and write your opinion about the subject.
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