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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 does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?
(a) To explain why the author wrote Twilight in Delhi.
(b) To expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.
(c) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.
(d) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.

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

3. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) A binturong.
(b) A snake.
(c) A civet.
(d) A wild dog.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?

2. While Asghar and Begam Waheed are talking about their childhood, what can Asghar hear in the background?

3. To what animal does the narrator compare the city of Delhi in the story's opening pages?

4. Which of his family members demonstrates sympathy for the dead pigeons and for Mir Nihal?

5. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?

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