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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Deven reflects on his life with Sarla, how does he see himself when they first married?
(a) More frightened than confident.
(b) More in love with Sarla than she was with him.
(c) More poet than professor.
(d) More wife than husband.

2. What does Deven tell Siddiqui he is going to do, which will prove he is not living in a fantasy?
(a) He will have Nur write him a letter.
(b) Let him listen to his tape recordings of Nur.
(c) He will bring him to meet Nur.
(d) He will have Murad vouch for him.

3. What does Siddiqui ask Deven when he tells him he has worked hard but has been cheated by everyone along the way?
(a) What did he expect when working for Murad.
(b) All poets are unreliable.
(c) Why did he let everyone cheat him.
(d) Why would he take the job in the first place.

4. What does the old woman say Imtiaz did before marrying Nur?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She was a dancing girl.
(c) She was a beggar.
(d) She recited poetry for money.

5. What surprising scene does Deven encounter when he arrives at Nur for his second time?
(a) Movers packing up Nur's things.
(b) A quiet dinner with Nur and his small family.
(c) A crowd gathering around a divan for a performance.
(d) A sick Nur being rushed to the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?

2. What is the special occasion on Deven's second visit to Nur's home in Chapter 5?

3. What does Imtiaz tell Deven in the letter she wrote him which was waiting at his house?

4. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad wives are always trying to get their husbands to do?

(see the answer key)

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