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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will Jahanara tether to a cypress tree so the Sultan and his men will find a secret passage into the Red Fort?
(a) Black stallion.
(b) Large dog.
(c) White stallion.
(d) Small pony.

3. How many men does Isa ask for to build the monument?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 20,000.

4. A merchant is sentenced to death for using false scales. How old is his son?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

5. How much did Arjumand tell Jaha's father that a diamond cost?
(a) 3,000 rupees.
(b) 5,000 rupess.
(c) 7,000 rupees.
(d) 10,000 rupess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Aurangzeb turn cruel?

2. Where does the jade come from to make some of the flowers that adorn the walls of a room in the Taj Mahal?

3. What could the architect that Shah Jahan hired turn jade into?

4. What does Jaha say she cherishes as much as the sights along the Yamuna River?

5. What is the ceiling covered with in the Hall of Public Audience?

(see the answer key)

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