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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the predominant color in Agra?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Grey.
(d) Black.

2. What type of breezes can make tears bloom within Jahanara?
(a) Breezes from a freshly plowed field.
(b) Breezes from the ocean.
(c) Breezes from the river.
(d) Breezes that rise from beyond the Taj Mahal.

3. How many bulls were slaughtered to celebrate the dressing of some of the minarets with white marble?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 20.
(d) 60.

4. Why was Balkhi in prison?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Rape.

5. Where does the jade come from to make some of the flowers that adorn the walls of a room in the Taj Mahal?
(a) China.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Burma.
(d) Persia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jahanara's daughter's coos remind her of?

2. How many wives did Emperor Jahangir have?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 10, in how many days does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?

4. How many monks die when a Hindu temple is set on fire, in Chapter 12?

5. What is Jahanara drinking at the beginning of the Narration, in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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