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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. How many warriors fought inside the Red Fort?

2. Where do Dara, Aurangzeb, and Jahanara meet their father after the riots between Muslims and Hindus.

3. What does Nizam say Jahanara was called by the servants when she was a young girl?

4. What type of fruit does Shah Jahan eat when he is berating Aurangzeb for stirring up trouble between Muslims and Hindus.

5. What message does Jahanara want her granddaughters to take from her story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nizam say Jahanara has repaid him?

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

3. Who is Shivaji?

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

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

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

7. What does Jahanara begin to worry about as and Nizam get closer to where Isa might be?

8. What does Shah Jahan tell Jahanara when she asks why Aurangzeb has became cruel?

9. What does Jahanara say about the years following her daughter's birth?

10. How does Jahanara disguise herself when she returns to Jahanara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how Dara and Aurangzeb view war and fighting.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why in Chapter 21, Jahanara must be separated from Isa and Arjumand again and why she has to return to Agra.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Aurangzeb and Dara. Show how they are alike and unalike in character traits, appearance, and other ways.

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