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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part IV Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the women performs a dance while dressed like a man, to amuse the other women in Part III?
(a) Begam Waheed.
(b) Begam Jamal.
(c) Mehro.
(d) Dilchain.

2. When Begam Nihal is asked to tell the story of the Mutiny, the word "Farangis" is used (6). What does this word mean?
(a) Foreigners, especially Europeans.
(b) Military officers.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Marketplace gossips.

3. What English military loss does Mir Nihal think about at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 4?
(a) The First Battle of Marne.
(b) The Gallipoli Campaign.
(c) The Battle of the Somme.
(d) The Battle of Jutland.

4. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?
(a) Smoking a hookah.
(b) Flying pigeons.
(c) Kite fighting.
(d) Reading a book of poetry.

5. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Renounce his family.
(c) Marry a dancing girl.
(d) Move far away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mizra Nasirul Mulk's relationship to Bahadur Shah?

2. What is thrown into the crowd of guests as soon as the wedding prayers have finished in Part III?

3. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?

4. What does Bilqeece's family mix with the hand-washing water that the men of the Nihal family use after the wedding feast?

5. In Part III, Chapter 5, who gets Asghar a job?

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