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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on Jaha's right as she is rowed down the Yamuna River?

2. How much of the Qur'an does Jahanara recite as she heals from the beating in her room?

3. What type of tree perches on the bank of the Yamuna River?

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

5. What could the architect that was hired by Shah Jahan turn marble into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jaha's father meet her mother?

2. What responsibilities do Jahanara's brothers have, in Chapter 7?

3. Why does Jahanara have to be careful to see Isa only at the site?

4. Why did Jaha's daughter and husband bring her granddaughters to Agra?

5. What does Dara say when Jahanara tells him that Aurangzeb plans to kill him?

6. How are the Deccans causing trouble for the Empire?

7. In Chapter 6, how does Isa describe the mausoleum to Jahanara?

8. What are the Karkhanas?

9. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

10. Why does Shah Jahan have to wear spectacles for the rest of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how Dara and Aurangzeb view war and fighting.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why Jahanara feels imprisonment is a curse and how she and her father deal with the curse of imprisonment.

Essay Topic 3

Jahanara's family is Muslim. Discuss what the Muslim faith means to Jahanara and to various members of her family.

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