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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part I, Chapters 6-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mehro Zamani?
(a) The Nihals' daughter.
(b) The Nihals' servant.
(c) Asghar's love interest.
(d) A dancing girl.

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

3. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?
(a) He was seen in the company of a dancing girl.
(b) He is spending time with a family she dislikes.
(c) He should get a job soon.
(d) He should get married soon.

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

5. Who are the Mughals?
(a) An Afghan dynasty who ruled parts of India for about 16 years during the 1500's.
(b) A dynasty originating in Southern India that ruled from the 1400's to the early 1600's.
(c) A dynasty originating in Northern India that ruled for the first half of the 1800's.
(d) A Turco-Mongolian dynasty who ruled India from the late 1500's to the early 1700's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?

2. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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