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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Jahanara's family on a military campaign during the first few weeks of her marriage?
(a) In the east.
(b) In the north.
(c) In the west.
(d) In the south.

2. What color is Nizam's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Grey.
(d) Red.

3. How many years did Jaha's grandfather tell her father that he had to wait to marry Arjumand?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. Why was Balkhi in prison?
(a) Rape.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

5. How old is Jahanara, at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

6. What Hindu god is the god of destruction and creation?
(a) Hanuman.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Dhumavati.
(d) Garuda.

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

8. How many years before Jahanara's time did Muhammad receive the words of Allah?
(a) 10 centuries.
(b) 1,500 years.
(c) 8 centuries.
(d) 2,100 years.

9. What is Jahanara eating, at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Melon.
(b) Dates.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) Strawberries.

10. What does Jahanara eat for breakfast the day she is wed?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Melon.
(d) Grapes.

11. How old is the boy Jahanara tries to rescue at the river?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6-7.
(d) 7-8.

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

13. What religion is practiced by Jahanara's family?
(a) Islam.
(b) Jainism.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Sikism.

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

15. What type of perfume is rubbed into Jahanara's skin on her wedding day?
(a) Rosewood.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Sandalwood.
(d) Lotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ladli compare Khondamir to?

2. In the harem, what color do the ladies usually paint their nails?

3. Who rows Jaha down the Yamuna River, in Part I, Narration?

4. What type of a woman does Jahanara say she is?

5. In Chapter 10, how long has Ladli been intimate with Aurangzeb?

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