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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. Who does Arjumand marry?

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

3. How does Jahanara get to Calcutta?

4. From what book is the quote taken at the beginning of Part 3, Narration?

5. How old is Arjumand when Jahanar begins taking her to the Taj Mahal so Isa might see her more often?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jahanara tell her granddaughters she didn't allow Aurangzeb to die?

3. What illness does Shah Jahan catch during monsoon season?

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

5. Where is Nizam assigned to serve in Aurangzeb's army, and how he is outfitted?

6. How does Nizam say Jahanara has repaid him?

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

8. What does Jahanara conclude when she looks around at the beginning of Part 4?

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

10. What does Jahanara begin to worry about as and Nizam get closer to where Isa might be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Jahanara feels imprisonment is a curse and how she and her father deal with the curse of imprisonment.

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

Compare and contrast how Dara and Aurangzeb view war and fighting.

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