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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 color is the marble in the room that used to belong to Arjumand?

2. Where does the jade come from to make some of the flowers that adorn the walls of a room in the Taj Mahal?

3. What does Jahanara give the physician for staying the night with Dara when Dara becomes ill from poisoned meat?

4. In Chapter 10, what is embroidered on the robe Shah Jahan wears when he watches girls dancing in the harem?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10, in how many days does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jahanara and Shah Jahan are blindfolded and led to the site of the Taj Mahal. What do they see when their blindfolds are removed?

2. Describe the dry season in Agra?

3. How does Isa mimic Paradise in his building?

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

5. Why does Jaha tell the story of her family history to her granddaughters?

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

7. Why does Jahanara have to be careful to see Isa only at the site?

8. How does Dara describe Aurangzeb's conduct during the battle in the south?

9. How does Jahanara describe herself at the beginning of the Narration in Part 2?

10. What does Shah Jahan do after Arjumand dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shah Jahan never loved again after his wife died. Discuss the relationship between Shah Jahan and Arjumand and the depth of their love.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Aurangzeb and Dara. Show how they are alike and unalike in character traits, appearance, and other ways.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the relationships between Jahanara, her parents, and her siblings.

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