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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Narration.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Woody skeletons.
(d) Women bending over combing their long hair.

4. How many wives did Emperor Jahangir have?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

5. How old was Jaha's father when he first met her mother?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color veil does Jahanara wear when she and Dara talk in the Abode of Love?

2. What do breezes remind Jahanara of?

3. How old is Jahanara, at the end of Chapter 3?

4. What color are the words of a poem inscribed on the ceiling above the Peacock Throne?

5. What will those who believe in the Qur'an and other religious scriptures receive?

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