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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 does Jahanara give Nizam before he leaves to fight with Aurangzeb?
2. What do Jahanara's daughter's coos remind her of?
3. What is Jahanara thinking of when Nizam opens a cotton bag for a snack?
4. What color is Dara's helmet and chain mail?
5. How much time does Shivaji persuade the Sultan to give Jahanara and her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Jahanara discovered and imprisoned again?
2. In Chapter 13, when Jahanara goes into Aurangzeb's room, what does she see?
3. How does Jahanara survive being locked in a cell with two hungry cheetahs?
4. How does Jahanara disguise herself when she returns to Jahanara?
5. What does Jahanara see around her at the beginning of Part 4?
6. Why, as Jahanara's daughter grows older, does Jahanara spend fewer nights with Isa?
7. What does Shah Jahan tell Jahanara when she asks why Aurangzeb has became cruel?
8. What does Jahanara begin to worry about as and Nizam get closer to where Isa might be?
9. How does Nizam say Jahanara has repaid him?
10. What does Jahanara say about the years following her daughter's birth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Emperor hears a case regarding a stolen bag of rice. Discuss the case and why the thief was not executed according to the law.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss why in Chapter 21, Jahanara must be separated from Isa and Arjumand again and why she has to return to Agra.
Essay Topic 3
Jahanara's family is Muslim. Discuss what the Muslim faith means to Jahanara and to various members of her family.
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