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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the architect Shah Jahan hires?

2. Where does Jahanara go on a barge with Isa and some workers to collect white marble?

3. How many men does Isa ask for to build the monument?

4. What is the name of the man who steals a bag of rice?

5. What nickname does Isa call Jahanara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jahanara ask Ladli to tell Aurangzeb that Jahanara has stolen a ring from Khondamir?

2. What languages does Jahanara speak?

3. Describe the poem Jahanara's father wrote and where it was inscribed.

4. Why does Shah Jahan have to wear spectacles for the rest of his life?

5. Why does Jahanara try to warn Dara, at the end of Chapter 3?

6. What does Dara say when Jahanara tells him that Aurangzeb plans to kill him?

7. Why did Jaha's daughter and husband bring her granddaughters to Agra?

8. Who is allowed into the harem at Red Fort?

9. What happens during a qamargah?

10. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Various characters have theories for why Aurangzeb is so cruel. Discuss why Aurangzeb is so cruel and what has made him that way.

Essay Topic 2

Jahanara chooses duty rather than escape the Empire with Isa and her daughter. Discuss duty and how duty is viewed in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why in Chapter 21, Jahanara must be separated from Isa and Arjumand again and why she has to return to Agra.

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