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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 breezes remind Jahanara of?

2. What is the predominant color in Agra?

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

4. What religion is practiced by Jahanara's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the poem Jahanara's father wrote and where it was inscribed.

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

7. Why does Jaha tell the story of her family history to her granddaughters?

8. How does Jahanara describe the skills of the architect hired to build the monument for Arjumand?

9. What reason does Shah Jahan give Jahanara for sending her east, and what is the actual reason he sends her to the east?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There begins to be a tension in the Empire between Muslims and Hindus. Discuss Muslims and Hindus in the Empire and why there is a conflict between them.

Essay Topic 2

Various characters have theories for why Aurangzeb is so cruel. Discuss why Aurangzeb is so cruel and what has made him that way.

Essay Topic 3

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

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