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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. What does Ali say caused the British paranoia about Muslim scholars that resulted in their violent suppression of the "Wahabi" conspiracy (xii)?
(a) The activism of Shah Waliullah.
(b) The capture of Delhi by Ahmad Shah Abdali.
(c) The influence of Ram Mohan Roy.
(d) The defeat of Shah Alam.

2. By what year does the Introduction say the British East India Company had established control of India?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1757.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1852.

3. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?
(a) Two of his own pigeons.
(b) The bodies of the pigeons that died of heat.
(c) Rare pigeons that Mir Nihal has bought at the Chowk.
(d) Several of Hakim Bashir's Kabuli pigeons.

4. How does Asghar get to Bilqeece's home on the day of his wedding?
(a) In a palanquin.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On the shoulders of his male relatives.
(d) In a carriage.

5. What historical event begins in the opening of Part III, Chapter 8?
(a) World War II.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation campaign
(c) World War I.
(d) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?

2. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?

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

4. In Part II, Chapter 5, what do the friends agree is the missing ingredient in the Jama Masjid prescription?

5. What does Mir Nihal see just before he sees the funeral procession in Part III, Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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