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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mrs. Rupa in the beginning of Part 15?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Brahmpur.
(d) Delhi.

2. Who does Mrs. Rupa learn in a letter had become engaged in Part 15?
(a) Kakoli.
(b) Lata.
(c) Meenakshi.
(d) Savita.

3. Who takes Mrs. Rupa to the jewelers in Part 19?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Varun.
(c) Maan.
(d) Amit.

4. In what year did India gain independence from Great Britain?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1962.

5. Who is the Sub-divisional Officer of the Rudhia district in Part 14?
(a) Sandeep.
(b) Rasheed.
(c) Rajkumar.
(d) Maan.

6. Who has committed suicide following the finding that the Zamindari Act is constitutional in Part 19?
(a) Amit.
(b) Tapan.
(c) Lata.
(d) Rasheed.

7. Who had invited Amit to the Literary Society?
(a) Tapan.
(b) Haresh.
(c) Kabir.
(d) Maan.

8. Who is performing in the play with Lata in Part 15?
(a) Amit.
(b) Kabir.
(c) Malati.
(d) Haresh.

9. In Part 18, Prof. Mishra is well aware that the votes have not come in from Mahesh's district because the counting had been interrupted by the death of who?
(a) President McKinley.
(b) King George VI of England.
(c) The Raja of Marh.
(d) The Pope.

10. Who is discovered to have also been frequenting the house of Saeeda Bai in Part 11?
(a) Arun.
(b) Haresh.
(c) Maan.
(d) Firoz.

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

12. Who is forcibly removed from the court chamber in Part 11?
(a) Mahesh Kapoor.
(b) Arun Chatterji.
(c) Maan Kapoor.
(d) The Raja of Marh.

13. Whose birthday turns out to be a self-pity party in Part 16?
(a) Mrs. Rupa Mehra's.
(b) Savita's.
(c) Malati's.
(d) Lata's.

14. What is the setting of the beginning of Part 11?
(a) High Court of Judicature at Brahmpur.
(b) The Chatterji household.
(c) The Mehra parlor.
(d) The Kapoor estate.

15. At what school had Amit been educated?
(a) St. Peter's day school.
(b) St. Xavier's day school.
(c) Shiva day school.
(d) St. Paul's day school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who desires to go to university to become a lawyer in Part 13?

2. What Prime Minister is assassinated at a public meeting in Part 15?

3. What servant of Saeeda Bai's does Maan embrace in Part 12?

4. Who becomes not just a dummy candidate to aid the cause of Mahesh Kapoor but rather a formidable opponent as they await the election results in Part 17?

5. What kind of hunt does Maan go on in Part 10?

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