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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 the time of day at the beginning of Part 4, Narration?

2. Where is Shah Jahan imprisoned once Aurangzeb captures the Red Fort?

3. Who did Jahanara ask once why Aurangzeb had become cruel?

4. What gift does a mysterious messenger deliver, in Chapter 18?

5. What does Jahanara give a guard who tries to bar her from seeing the Sultan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What illness does Shah Jahan catch during monsoon season?

3. Why doesn't Jahanara wipe the blood from her face when Aurangzeb backhands her?

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

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

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

7. What does Jahanara conclude when she looks around at the beginning of Part 4?

8. Why did Jahanara always try to show her father that she was worthy of his love?

9. What does Shah Jahan tell Aurangzeb about enemies?

10. Why, as Jahanara's daughter grows older, does Jahanara spend fewer nights with Isa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point, Jahanara has to make a choice whether to save Aurangzeb. Discuss the pros and cons Jahanara weighed before saving Aurangzeb's life.

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 3 is titled "Lost Childhood." Discuss why and how Jahanara grows up quickly.

Essay Topic 3

Jahanara chooses duty rather than escape the Empire with Isa and her daughter. Discuss duty and how duty is viewed in the novel.

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