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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter One - Chapter Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason why Radha likes “Othello” so much?
(a) She has always wanted to be in this play.
(b) It was her father’s favorite play.
(c) She loves everything by Shakespeare.
(d) It is Lakshmi's favorite play.

2. What does Lakshmi hand Samir, when she sees him after her appointment with Parvati in Part One?
(a) A cup of tea.
(b) 300 rupees.
(c) Three muslin sachets.
(d) His sandals.

3. When admiring her new home’s mosaic floor, of whom does it remind Lakshmi?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Hari.
(c) Parvati.
(d) The pleasure women of Agra.

4. How does Lakshmi confirm that Radha is her sister?
(a) Radha does a traditional Indian dance.
(b) Radha is able to complete the nursery rhyme their father had made up and sung to them.
(c) Radha shows Lakshmi her birth certificate.
(d) Radha recites part of Othello.

5. What price was decided upon for Maharani Latika’s henna supplies?
(a) 100 rupees.
(b) 10,000 rupees.
(c) 9,000 rupees.
(d) 900 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sheela Sharma an unconventional match for Ravi Singh?

2. Why was Kanta able to do graduate studies in England?

3. What is a chowkidar?

4. Nautch girls would conceal what within the henna design on their bodies?

5. Why was the touching of feet usually reserved for the lower caste?

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