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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What trusted and loyal servant of the Nawab Sahib takes Maan around the estate in Part 10?
(a) Waris.
(b) Rasheed.
(c) Harun.
(d) Imar.

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

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

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

7. Who has resigned at Praha Shoes in Part 13?
(a) Kabir.
(b) Haresh.
(c) Amit.
(d) Savita.

8. Who impulsively proposes to Lata in Part 18?
(a) Kabir.
(b) Tapan.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Amit.

9. Who has decided to join a bank in Part 16?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Tapan.
(c) Dipankar.
(d) Amit.

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

11. Malati urges Lata to audition for a part in what play in Part 12?
(a) All's Well That End's Well.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Twelfth Night.

12. Who informs Mrs. Rupa and Lata of the news of Bhaskar's hospitalization in Part 12?
(a) Dipankar.
(b) Mrs. Mahesh Kapoor and Veena.
(c) Arun Chatterji.
(d) The Raja of Marh.

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

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

15. Who is imprisoned after a bloody incident at Saeeda Bai's house in Part 17?
(a) Maan.
(b) Arun.
(c) Pran.
(d) Haresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what school had Amit been educated?

2. Who is stabbed by Maan in Part 17?

3. What Persian word was given as an honorary title to a person who has achieved a mastery over languages, especially in British India?

4. In what year did India gain independence from Great Britain?

5. 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?

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