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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. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?
(a) They are "full of night."
(b) They are "shaded with uncertainty."
(c) They are "poisonous."
(d) They are "luminous."

2. What news does Shams bring two days before the Coronation?
(a) The new King will make a speech.
(b) A British soldier has been killed.
(c) The British will hold a feast for their Indian subjects.
(d) The pavilion has been burnt down.

3. What hobbies does Mir Nihal pursue in Chapter 5?
(a) Poetry and medicine.
(b) Alchemy and kite fighting.
(c) Kite fighting and poetry.
(d) Medicine and alchemy.

4. What quality does the narrator claim is "peculiar to Delhi-ites alone of all the peoples of India" (99)?
(a) Their willingness to accept the rule of the English.
(b) Their extreme piousness and religious faith.
(c) Their love of poetry and music.
(d) Their eagerness to have fun and enjoy themselves.

5. As Mir Nihal hurries to Babban Jan's on Friday night, what does he hear both a song and a poem about?
(a) Faith.
(b) Old age.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Asghar buy Bilqeece to wear at Mehro's wedding?

3. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?

4. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?

5. What happens shortly after Bilqeece gives birth to her daughter?

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