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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. What is in a cell with Jahanara when she regains consciousness after the battle with Aurangzeb?
(a) Jaguars.
(b) Cheetahs.
(c) Lions.
(d) Panthers.

2. What is one name for God that is used in Part 4, Narration?
(a) Holy One.
(b) Most High.
(c) Eternal.
(d) Almighty.

3. What does Aurangzeb lack?
(a) Joy.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Love.

4. In Chapter 12, where does Aurangzeb retreat in defeat?
(a) Bijapur.
(b) Persia.
(c) Deccan.
(d) Afghanistan.

5. How many horses do Jahanara and Nizam purchase in Allahabad?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many windows does the chamber have where Shah Jahan is imprisoned?

2. How does Jahanara get to Calcutta?

3. How many days does the Sultan give Jahanara to spend with Isa and Arjumand?

4. How did the Sultan of Bijapur die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Isa reassure Jahanara that the neighbors will not hear the baby cry?

2. What does Jahanara see around her at the beginning of Part 4?

3. What does Shah Jahan tell Aurangzeb about enemies?

4. Why, in Chapter 16, does Dara say that winning matters little?

5. What does Shah Jahan tell Jahanara when she asks why Aurangzeb has became cruel?

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

7. Why does Jahanara tell her granddaughters she didn't allow Aurangzeb to die?

8. What does Aurangzeb do when a cobra without fangs is placed in his bed?

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

10. How does Jahanara survive being locked in a cell with two hungry cheetahs?

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