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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nizam and Jahanara come across a battlefield with rotting corpses, who are most of the dead?
(a) Men from the Empire.
(b) Deccans.
(c) Persians.
(d) Rajhit.

2. When Aurangzeb comes to remove Jahanara from his cell, how many bodyguards come with him?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. When Ladli comes to Jahanara's cell with Aurangzeb and Khondamir, what is painted on her robe?
(a) Vines.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Chinese dragons.

4. How many monks die when a Hindu temple is set on fire, in Chapter 12?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. How many loves does Jahanara have during the years her daughter grows up?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nizam take from a cotton bag for the granddaughters to eat?

2. What color does Jahanara dye her hair when she returns to Agra?

3. How are the names of God described in the quote at the beginning of Part 4?

4. How many men on warhorses with lights do Jahanara and Nizam see when they travel one night?

5. How long does it take for the Red Fort to surrender to Aurangzeb and his army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between Nizam and Isa from other men?

2. As the days of her imprisonment pass, how does Jahanara change?

3. What does Jahanara say about the years following her daughter's birth?

4. Why doesn't Jahanara envy her granddaughters for their youth?

5. Why did Jahanara always try to show her father that she was worthy of his love?

6. What does Jahanara conclude when she looks around at the beginning of Part 4?

7. In Chapter 13, when Jahanara goes into Aurangzeb's room, what does she see?

8. Where is Nizam assigned to serve in Aurangzeb's army, and how he is outfitted?

9. How is Jahanara discovered and imprisoned again?

10. How does Jahanara disguise herself when she returns to Jahanara?

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