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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the jade come from to make some of the flowers that adorn the walls of a room in the Taj Mahal?
(a) China.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Burma.
(d) Persia.

2. Where does the quote come from, at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Torah.
(b) Bible.
(c) Qur'an.
(d) Book of Mormon.

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

4. What is on Jaha's right as she is rowed down the Yamuna River?
(a) Red Fort.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Taj Mahal.
(d) Hindu Temple.

5. What color tunics do Jahanara's brothers wear to her wedding?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Scarlet.
(c) Green.
(d) Indigo.

6. What always prompts Jaha to think of Paradise?
(a) The Red Fort.
(b) The Peacock Throne.
(c) Sunrise over the Yamuna River.
(d) Dawn in Agra.

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

8. Who rows Jaha down the Yamuna River, in Part I, Narration?
(a) Ruayya.
(b) Nizam.
(c) Gulbadan.
(d) Jahan.

9. How old is Isa?
(a) 43.
(b) 23.
(c) 22.
(d) 31.

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

11. In Chapter 10, what is embroidered on the robe Shah Jahan wears when he watches girls dancing in the harem?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Peacocks.
(c) Chinese Dragons.
(d) Cypress trees.

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

13. What is the ceiling covered with in the Hall of Public Audience?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Silk.
(d) Mural.

14. At the beginning of Chapter 10, in how many days does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. For how many years after Arjumand's death did Shah Jahan give up all worldly pleasures?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jahanara give the physician for staying the night with Dara when Dara becomes ill from poisoned meat?

3. What do Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Dara, and Jahanara have to eat when they dine together in the harem, in Chapter 10?

4. How many women live in the harem?

5. What color does Jaha wear when she is being rowed down the Yamuna River?

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