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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is subtly urged to withdraw his candidacy for head reader at the university in Part 18?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Maan.
(c) Pran.
(d) Tapan.

2. Lata attends a poetry reading by whom in Part 18?
(a) Amit.
(b) Kabir.
(c) Tapan.
(d) Haresh.

3. 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?
(a) Firoz Khan.
(b) Tapan Kapoor.
(c) Waris Khan.
(d) Pran Kapoor.

4. Who wrestles a fruit knife from Saeeda Bai, almost choking her in Part 17?
(a) Arun.
(b) Pran.
(c) Lata.
(d) Maan.

5. Who admits that he is enamored with Pushpa, a young woman in the service of Sanaki Baba, in Part 11?
(a) Arun Chatterji.
(b) Dipankar.
(c) The Raja of Marh.
(d) Sanaki Baba.

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

7. In Part 11, there is a lengthy pilgrimage to see what important guru?
(a) The Raja of Taj.
(b) The Raja of Marh.
(c) Sanaki Baba.
(d) Arun Chatterji.

8. Who does Kabir ask to intercede for him with Lata in Part 16?
(a) Mrs. Rupa Mehra.
(b) Malati.
(c) Savita.
(d) Haresh.

9. Mahesh resigns from what political party in Part 14?
(a) Congress Party.
(b) Republican Party.
(c) Union Party.
(d) Ministry Party.

10. In Part 10, there is a hint of the trend toward modernization in the country when it is observed that the general public is developing a preference toward what?
(a) Drama.
(b) Opera.
(c) Books.
(d) Films.

11. Where does Mahesh Kapoor go to run his farm in Part 14?
(a) Rajkumar.
(b) Haresh.
(c) Amit.
(d) Rudhia.

12. Lata and Kabir have an emotional confrontation about who in Part 18?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Amit.
(c) Tapan.
(d) Maan.

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

14. 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) The Raja of Marh.
(c) King George VI of England.
(d) The Pope.

15. Who had found Bhaskar after the stampede in Part 12?
(a) Kabir Durrani.
(b) Arun Chatterji.
(c) The Raja of Marh.
(d) Dipankar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists that Jagat Ram come to the wedding in Part 19?

2. Who is stabbed by Maan in Part 17?

3. What musical lament for Islamic martyrs does Firoz plan to go to in Part 15?

4. Where has Lata returned in Part 16?

5. Who brings the news that Nehru has resigned from the Congress Working Committee in Part 14?

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