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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maan Kapoor leave Calcutta with in Part 8?
(a) Amit.
(b) Firoz.
(c) Hans.
(d) Rasheed.

2. What difficult musical instrument to play is one of the instruments used as an accompaniment for Saeeda Bai's singing?
(a) Lute.
(b) Utar.
(c) Sarangi.
(d) Harati.

3. What Persian word was given as an honorary title to a person who has achieved a mastery over languages, especially in British India?
(a) Munshi.
(b) Imam.
(c) Raja.
(d) Zarati.

4. 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) Nobility.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Class.

5. Maan discovers that who is not Muslim in Part 8?
(a) Maan's mother.
(b) Rasheed's mother.
(c) Maan's father.
(d) Rasheed's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arun's wife supposedly had what melted into earrings in Part 7?

2. Who is standing in for a student who is out ill in the music lessons in Part 6?

3. With whom does Lata confide in about her affair with Kabir in Part 3?

4. Who is marrying Pran Kapoor in Part 1?

5. What has long been considered the holiest of all rivers by Hindus?

(see the answer key)

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