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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives birth to a daughter in Part 13?
(a) Savita.
(b) Lata.
(c) Kakoli.
(d) Meenakshi.

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

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

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

5. What musical lament for Islamic martyrs does Firoz plan to go to in Part 15?
(a) Sarangi.
(b) Tabla.
(c) Soz.
(d) Holi.

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

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

8. Who insists that Jagat Ram come to the wedding in Part 19?
(a) Tapan.
(b) Varun.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Amit.

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

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

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

12. What Prime Minister is assassinated at a public meeting in Part 15?
(a) The Rajah of Marh.
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan.
(c) Salimpur-cum-Baitar.
(d) Nawab Sahib.

13. Where has Lata returned in Part 16?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Marh.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Mumbai.

14. 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) Opera.
(b) Drama.
(c) Films.
(d) Books.

15. Who does Bhaskar visit after leaving the hospital in Part 12?
(a) Firoz.
(b) Dipankar.
(c) Arun Chatterji.
(d) Rajkumar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 11, there is a lengthy pilgrimage to see what important guru?

2. Lata and Kabir have an emotional confrontation about who in Part 18?

3. Who does Mrs. Rupa learn in a letter had miscarried in Part 15?

4. Whose proposal has Lata accepted in Part 19?

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

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