Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal Test | Final Test - Hard

John Shors
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal Test | Final Test - Hard

John Shors
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where do Dara, Aurangzeb, and Jahanara meet their father after the riots between Muslims and Hindus.

2. When Nizam and Jahanara come across a battlefield with rotting corpses, who are most of the dead?

3. What does Jahanara say there was at first after she saved Aurangzeb?

4. How old is Dara's son when he is executed?

5. How many more elephants does Aurangzeb have in his army than Dara has?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Jahanara envy her granddaughters for their youth?

3. Who is Shivaji?

4. What does Shah Jahan tell Aurangzeb about enemies?

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

6. How does Isa reassure Jahanara that the neighbors will not hear the baby cry?

7. In Chapter 13, when Jahanara goes into Aurangzeb's room, what does she see?

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

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

10. How does Jahanara survive being locked in a cell with two hungry cheetahs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Shah Jahan never loved again after his wife died. Discuss the relationship between Shah Jahan and Arjumand and the depth of their love.

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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