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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 does Ladli draw on a note that she has Nizam deliver to Jahanara?

2. Who did Jaha's father have to wed before he could marry Arjumand?

3. What type of perfume is rubbed into Jahanara's skin on her wedding day?

4. What Hindu god is the god of destruction and creation?

5. How old is Isa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Khondamir and why is he chosen to marry Jahanara?

2. What does Shah Jahan do after Arjumand dies?

3. Describe the dry season in Agra?

4. Who is allowed into the harem at Red Fort?

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

6. Why does Jahanara ask Ladli to tell Aurangzeb that Jahanara has stolen a ring from Khondamir?

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

8. Jahanara and Shah Jahan are blindfolded and led to the site of the Taj Mahal. What do they see when their blindfolds are removed?

9. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

10. What enemies does the Empire have in the days after Arjumand's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jahanara uses veiled language to ask her father what she should do about her love for Isa. Discuss what Shah Jahan thinks about the love between Jahanara and Isa.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why Jahanara marries Khondamir and how she feels about the marriage.

Essay Topic 3

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

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