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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 old is Jahanara when she escapes from Aurangzeb and flees to Bijapur?

2. How old is Arjumand when Jahanar begins taking her to the Taj Mahal so Isa might see her more often?

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

4. What is in a cell with Jahanara when she regains consciousness after the battle with Aurangzeb?

5. When Aurangzeb comes to remove Jahanara from his cell, how many bodyguards come with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Aurangzeb respond when Jahanara saves him from the snake?

9. How is Jahanara discovered and imprisoned again?

10. What does Shah Jahan want Jahanara to promise him before he dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 feels imprisonment is a curse and how she and her father deal with the curse of imprisonment.

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