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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 do Dara and Jahanara eat in the Abode of Love?

2. What is Ladli doing when Jahanara sees her for the first time after Jahanara's wedding?

3. What color tunic does Aurangzeb wear when he goes with his siblings to play at the river?

4. How old is Jahanara, at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What does Aurangzeb eat as he awaits the execution of a merchant who falsified his scales?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the dry season in Agra?

3. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

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

5. How does Dara describe Aurangzeb's conduct during the battle in the south?

6. Why does Jahanara try to warn Dara, at the end of Chapter 3?

7. Because of Arjumand's influence, what happens instead of war in the Empire?

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

9. What does Jaha see as her boat is rowed across the Yamuna?

10. How does Isa mimic Paradise in his building?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the relationships between Jahanara, her parents, and her siblings.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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