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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The symbolic importance of Mir Nihal's pigeons.
(b) The relationship between Asghar and Bilqeece.
(c) The typical daily routines of the Nihal household.
(d) The decline of the city of Delhi.

2. Who is Nisar Ahmad?
(a) The muezzin at Mir Nihal's mosque.
(b) Mir Nihal's partner in the lace business.
(c) Mir Nihal's son-in-law.
(d) A former lover of Babban Jan's.

3. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?
(a) Fly his pigeons with amateurs and hobbyists.
(b) Keep the pigeons that his flock captured.
(c) Train his pigeons to fly from a carriage roof.
(d) Take part in any matches held at the Durbar.

4. In what year do Part II, Chapters 1-4 take place?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1903.

5. To what does the narrator compare the streets and alleys of Delhi?
(a) The Sphinx's riddle.
(b) A game of chess.
(c) An algebraic equation.
(d) The Minotaur's maze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Begam Nihal say is causing the illness in the Nihal household?

2. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?

3. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?

4. What does Ali say caused the British paranoia about Muslim scholars that resulted in their violent suppression of the "Wahabi" conspiracy (xii)?

5. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?

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