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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. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?
2. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?
3. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?
4. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?
5. Of what creature does the narrator ask in Chapter 6 whether it would remember the smell of the forest on the day it was born?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Anjum's home in the cemetery evolve over time?
2. What information is related in the document from the social worker in Clovis, California that Biplab Dasgupta found in Chapter 7?
3. How does the structure differ in Chapter 6 from the rest of the narrative? What is this chapter comprised of?
4. Where did Biplab Dasgupta first meet Tilo? How does the narrator describe his first impressions of her?
5. What is the female protagonist's relationship to the English-speaking man in Chapter 1?
6. How does Biplab Dasgupta feel about the area of Delhi where his rental apartments are located? Why?
7. What led Saddam Hussein to his dream of opening a funeral parlor? Where did he hope to open one?
8. What does the story of Laila and Majnu signify? What is this story compared to in Chapter 1?
9. How is the protagonist described as living in the cemetery in Chapter 1?
10. What led to Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's execution? How was he killed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss elements of animal symbolism in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. What are some of the animals that the author focuses on in the Prologue and in the final chapter? What do these animals symbolize to you? What is their purpose in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the setting of the cemetery that Anjum eventually makes her home. What does the cemetery symbolize? Why does Anjum go there? How does she shape the cemetery while living there?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of literary techniques to build suspense in the novel. How are foreshadowing, red herrings, and/or irony used to build tension in the story? How does the author's pacing increase suspense?
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