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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bulls were slaughtered to celebrate the dressing of some of the minarets with white marble?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

2. How old is Jahanara, at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

3. What always prompts Jaha to think of Paradise?
(a) The Red Fort.
(b) Sunrise over the Yamuna River.
(c) Dawn in Agra.
(d) The Peacock Throne.

4. What is the shape of the tomb chamber in the Taj Mahal?
(a) Triangle.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Square.
(d) Octagon.

5. What could the architect that was hired by Shah Jahan turn marble into?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Elysium.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the predominant color in Agra?

2. How old is the boy Jahanara tries to rescue at the river?

3. How old was Nizam when his parents were killed by a warlord?

4. How many days after Jahanara's beating by Khondamir does Ramadan start?

5. How tall is the height of the main gate of the mausoleum?

(see the answer key)

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