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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kedarnath Tandon's occupation?
(a) University professor.
(b) Shoe merchant.
(c) Architect.
(d) Clothing designer.

2. Who is a frequent guest in the house of Saeeda Bai and pays for her sexual services?
(a) Raja of Marh.
(b) Amit Chatterji.
(c) Maan Kapoor.
(d) Arun Kapoor.

3. Whose drive to lead the armies of Shiva in opposition to the Muslims arises in conversation in Part 4?
(a) The Raja of Marh's.
(b) Mrs. Rupa Mehra's.
(c) Amit Chatterji's.
(d) Maan Kapoor's.

4. Who is described as corrupt and besotted with courtesans in Part 4?
(a) L. N. Agarwal.
(b) Haresh Khanna.
(c) The Raja of Marh.
(d) Kedarnath Tandon.

5. What term refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of occupation, endogamy, culture, social class, and political power?
(a) Caste.
(b) Class.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Rupa Mehra's youngest child?

2. What country borders India on the West?

3. Who introduces Haresh to the shoemaker Jagat Ram in Part 4?

4. What is known as the legislated separation of India and Pakistan supposedly to keep the Hindus in India and place the Muslims in Pakistan?

5. What religious holiday of Hinduism is celebrated by splashing people with bright colored water?

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