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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Part III, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?
(a) To explain why the author wrote Twilight in Delhi.
(b) To expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.
(c) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.
(d) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.

2. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) A binturong.
(b) A wild dog.
(c) A civet.
(d) A snake.

3. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(b) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
(c) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(d) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.

4. What item among the bath things sent by Bilqeece's family is unfamiliar to the women in Asghar's family?
(a) The tooth brushing powder.
(b) The toothbrush.
(c) The soap case.
(d) The hairbrush.

5. What does Begam Waheed do when the palanquin carrying Bilqeece reaches the vestibule of the Nihal house?
(a) Brings Bilqeece new shoes for her new home.
(b) Removes the veil covering Bilqeece's face.
(c) Washes Bilqeece's feet with milk.
(d) Touches the hem of Bilqeece's garment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?

2. What is implied by the snippet of poetry that Mir Nihal thinks about at the end of Part II, Chapter 1?

3. What principle does Saeed Hasan say a man should put first when he is looking for a wife?

4. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?

5. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?

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