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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part III, Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) He hardly recognizes the streets anymore.
(b) It has gotten very crowded.
(c) There are fewer pigeons in the sky.
(d) Many signs are now in English only.

2. In the opening paragraphs of Part II, Chapter 7, what aspect of the days before the Coronation is stressed?
(a) The anxiety.
(b) The injustice.
(c) The novelty.
(d) The hypocrisy.

3. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?
(a) There are very few left alive.
(b) They have fallen far down in the social order.
(c) They are considered enemies by the British occupiers.
(d) They are the rightful rulers of India.

4. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) To demand payment from Asghar's family if she should die.
(b) To stop buying charms to try to prevent her death.
(c) To take care of Jehan Ara after her death.
(d) To make sure that Asghar does not remarry after her death.

5. Who is the poet who wrote the words to the song that Gul Bano sings?
(a) Ghalib.
(b) Bahadur Shah.
(c) Mir Taqi Mir.
(d) Mir Babar Ali Anis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?

2. What does Bilqeece have a nightmare about in Part III?

3. Why do the women not spend time with Mir Nihal during the day in Part III after he has had a stroke?

4. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?

5. What question does Mehro asks the beggar Gul Bano?

(see the answer key)

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