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 Indian Ocean

The Mediterranean Sea

The English Channel

The Bay of Bengal
2 What do Gibreel and Saladin do as they fall from the plane?

Pass out

Sing

Pray

Cry
3 To what does Saladin attribute his survival?

His love for his mother

Divine intervention

His own will to live

Luck
4 How does Rekha Merchant kill herself?

By drinking arsenic

By drowning herself

By slitting her wrists

By jumping off a building
5 What kind of roles did Gibreel specialize in playing as a Bollywood actor?

Romantic leads

Religious figures

Comic relief

Villains
6 Gibreel got his big break playing which Hindu god?

Vishnu

Shiva

Ganesh

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

Take care of Mrs. Mhatre

Have a long and successful career

Pray for him

Get married
8 What happens to Saladin on the beach when he is young?

He nearly drowns.

He gets lost.

He is mugged.

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

Haggis

Stewed tomatoes

Sausage

Herring
10 Who is the most vicious hijacker?

Buta

Man

Tavleen

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

Saladin

Jalandri

Gibreel

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

Changez

Gibreel

Saladin

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

Hindu

Pagan

Muslim

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

Baal is not Muslim.

Baal overcharged him for a poem.

Baal slept with his wife.

Baal committed blasphemy.
15 Which of these best describes the narrator’s retelling of the Ibrahim story?

Comic

Postmodern

Feminist

Traditionalist
16 What does Abu Simbel ask Mahound to do?

Assassinate Baal

Renounce Allah

Recognize Jahilia's patron goddesses

Write the Qur'an
17 Where does Mahound make his proclamation about Al-lat?

A marketplace

A poetry festival

A temple

A mosque
18 Where does Mahound receive his revelations?

A mountain

The beach

The desert

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

Relieved

Murderous

Betrayed

Ecstatic
20 Why does Hind get angry at Mahound?

He exposed her affair with Baal.

His followers murder her brothers.

She believes his religion is blasphemous.

He rejects her romantic advances.
21 What is Mahound's religion called?

Submission

The Faith

Obedience

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

They allow themselves to become martyrs.

They convert to paganism.

They revolt.

They move to a new city.
23 Who does Rosa Diamond initially think Gibreel is?

Albert the Great

Henry VII

Ethelred the Unready

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

He gets very bad breath.

He glows.

His penis shrinks.

His eyes turn red.
25 Where did Rosa Diamond live when she was younger?

Mexico

India

Argentina

Chile

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