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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 do the trees on the bank of the Yamuna River resemble to Jaha?
(a) A blur of yellow and green.
(b) Giant spiders.
(c) Women bending over combing their long hair.
(d) Woody skeletons.

2. How old is Jahanara when she escapes from Aurangzeb and flees to Bijapur?
(a) 37.
(b) 38.
(c) 39.
(d) 36.

3. What could the architect that was hired by Shah Jahan turn marble into?
(a) Elysium.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Heaven.

4. What does Jaha say she cherishes as much as the sights along the Yamuna River?
(a) Her lover's face.
(b) Her mother's face.
(c) Memories of her infant daughter.
(d) Her grandchildren when she first saw them born.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jahanara eat for breakfast the day she is wed?

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

3. What do Jaha's granddaughters believe that their great-grandfather did for a living?

4. What is the predominant color in Agra?

5. What color is the marble in the room that used to belong to Arjumand?

(see the answer key)

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