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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?
(a) Editing an Urdu magazine.
(b) Running a college.
(c) Teaching Biology.
(d) Living the poet's life.

2. What does Murad suggest Deven purchase to help him work with Nur?
(a) Jewels for Imtiaz.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) A house near Nur.
(d) A tape recorder.

3. What subject does Deven teach at the university?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Math.

4. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?
(a) Deven.
(b) Deven's father.
(c) Murad.
(d) Nur.

5. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz in Chapter 5?
(a) She has been his muse for years.
(b) She first came to him as a student, but soon wanted his house, audience, and friends.
(c) She is the true poet and he is her apprentice.
(d) She is the greatest thing that has happened to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jain send his nephew Chiku with Deven?

2. What excuse does Nur give his wife for not feeling well the first night Deven meets him?

3. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?

4. What does Nur ask Deven to do at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What does Deven do as Imtiaz argues with Nur, telling him to recite to his friends while she lay dying?

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