Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal Test | Final Test - Medium

John Shors
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal Test | Final Test - Medium

John Shors
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does the Sultan give Jahanara to spend with Isa and Arjumand?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. How many more elephants does Aurangzeb have in his army than Dara has?
(a) 600.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

3. How long does Nizam stay in Agra when he returns the first time after joining Aurangzeb's army?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A week.

4. Who did Jahanara ask once why Aurangzeb had become cruel?
(a) Nizam.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Dara.
(d) Her father.

5. Where does Nizam have a long ugly scar?
(a) Cheek.
(b) Thigh.
(c) Back.
(d) Forearm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dara's son when he is executed?

2. How many men on warhorses with lights do Jahanara and Nizam see when they travel one night?

3. What did Jahanara do when she returned to Agra?

4. How many bulls were slaughtered to celebrate the dressing of some of the minarets with white marble?

5. When Nizam and Jahanara come across a battlefield with rotting corpses, who are most of the dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aurangzeb do when a cobra without fangs is placed in his bed?

2. How does Jahanara survive being locked in a cell with two hungry cheetahs?

3. Why doesn't Jahanara wipe the blood from her face when Aurangzeb backhands her?

4. How does Isa reassure Jahanara that the neighbors will not hear the baby cry?

5. What reason does Jahanara give her granddaughters for going back to Agra?

6. What does Shah Jahan tell Jahanara when she asks why Aurangzeb has became cruel?

7. Why, as Jahanara's daughter grows older, does Jahanara spend fewer nights with Isa?

8. How does Nizam say Jahanara has repaid him?

9. What does Jahanara see around her at the beginning of Part 4?

10. What does Shah Jahan want Jahanara to promise him before he dies?

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