The Satanic Verses Quizzes

The Satanic Verses Quiz 1

By Abigail Lind · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed February 28, 2013

1 Over what body of water does the Bostan crash?

The Mediterranean Sea

The Bay of Bengal

The English Channel

The Indian Ocean
2 What do Gibreel and Saladin do as they fall from the plane?

Cry

Pass out

Pray

Sing
3 To what does Saladin attribute his survival?

His love for his mother

His own will to live

Luck

Divine intervention
4 How does Rekha Merchant kill herself?

By slitting her wrists

By jumping off a building

By drowning herself

By drinking arsenic
5 What kind of roles did Gibreel specialize in playing as a Bollywood actor?

Comic relief

Religious figures

Villains

Romantic leads
6 Gibreel got his big break playing which Hindu god?

Krishna

Ganesh

Vishnu

Shiva
7 What is Mr. Mhatre's deathbed request of Gibreel?

Pray for him

Get married

Take care of Mrs. Mhatre

Have a long and successful career
8 What happens to Saladin on the beach when he is young?

He is mugged.

He nearly drowns.

He gets lost.

He is molested.
9 What food does Saladin have trouble eating on his first day at boarding school?

Herring

Stewed tomatoes

Sausage

Haggis
10 Who is the most vicious hijacker?

Man

Dara

Buta

Tavleen
11 Who becomes obsessed with reincarnation during the 111 days in the desert?

Gibreel

Man Singh

Jalandri

Saladin
12 Who has the vision in Part II about the city of Jahilia?

Gibreel

Zeeny

Saladin

Changez
13 Which of these best describes Jahilia’s religious orientation before Mahound?

Sikh

Pagan

Hindu

Muslim
14 Why is Abu Simbel angry at Baal at the opening of Part II?

Baal is not Muslim.

Baal committed blasphemy.

Baal slept with his wife.

Baal overcharged him for a poem.
15 Which of these best describes the narrator’s retelling of the Ibrahim story?

Comic

Postmodern

Traditionalist

Feminist
16 What does Abu Simbel ask Mahound to do?

Write the Qur'an

Assassinate Baal

Recognize Jahilia's patron goddesses

Renounce Allah
17 Where does Mahound make his proclamation about Al-lat?

A mosque

A marketplace

A poetry festival

A temple
18 Where does Mahound receive his revelations?

The beach

A mountain

The desert

The roof of a mosque
19 How do Mahound's followers feel after he agrees to Abu Simbel's compromise?

Murderous

Ecstatic

Relieved

Betrayed
20 Why does Hind get angry at Mahound?

He exposed her affair with Baal.

He rejects her romantic advances.

His followers murder her brothers.

She believes his religion is blasphemous.
21 What is Mahound's religion called?

Submission

The Faith

Islam

Obedience
22 How do Mahound and his followers respond to increasing persecution in Jahilia?

They allow themselves to become martyrs.

They move to a new city.

They revolt.

They convert to paganism.
23 Who does Rosa Diamond initially think Gibreel is?

Henry VII

Ethelred the Unready

Albert the Great

William the Conqueror
24 Which of the following happens to Saladin after the plane crash?

His eyes turn red.

His penis shrinks.

He gets very bad breath.

He glows.
25 Where did Rosa Diamond live when she was younger?

Mexico

Chile

Argentina

India

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