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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color veil does Jahanara wear when she and Dara talk in the Abode of Love?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Indigo.
(d) Scarlet.

2. What does Jahanara compare Isa to when she first meets him in her father's audience hall?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Falcon.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Osprey.

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

4. What does Aurangzeb eat as he awaits the execution of a merchant who falsified his scales?
(a) Garlic.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Melon.
(d) Onion.

5. What could the architect that Shah Jahan hired turn jade into?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Silk.
(c) Realistic statues.
(d) Jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color tunic does Aurangzeb wear when he goes with his siblings to play at the river?

2. How old was Nizam when his parents were killed by a warlord?

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

4. What is the name of the architect Shah Jahan hires?

5. What do the trees on the bank of the Yamuna River resemble to Jaha?

(see the answer key)

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