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

2. What does Jahanara give Nizam before he leaves to fight with Aurangzeb?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Brooch with portrait of her mother.

3. What does Jahanara give the physician for staying the night with Dara when Dara becomes ill from poisoned meat?
(a) Precious gems.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Silk and golden thread.
(d) Silver coins.

4. What do the wooden execution blocks rest upon?
(a) Slab of granite.
(b) Basalt.
(c) A block of marble.
(d) Limestone.

5. In Chapter 10, what is embroidered on the robe Shah Jahan wears when he watches girls dancing in the harem?
(a) Cypress trees.
(b) Chinese Dragons.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Peacocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bulls were slaughtered to celebrate the dressing of some of the minarets with white marble?

2. How many men does Jahanara say Dara should take on his journey to negotiate a treaty?

3. How many teeth does the physician have who attended Arjumand when she died?

4. What is the name of the man who steals a bag of rice?

5. What does Jahanara compare Isa to when she first meets him in her father's audience hall?

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