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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 Asghar's strategy seem to be in bringing up the death of Begam Waheed's husband?
(a) He wants to flatter his sister for her courage and then elicit her pity because people do not respect him as they respect her.
(b) He wants to make her feel emotionally vulnerable so that she gratefully recalls how much she has always relied on him.
(c) He wants to remind her of how important her marriage was to her and compare this with his own feelings about marriage.
(d) He wants to trigger her yearning to be with her family so that she will be feeling especially loving toward him.

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

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

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

5. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Vendors.
(c) Muezzins.
(d) Imams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied by the snippet of poetry that Mir Nihal thinks about at the end of Part II, Chapter 1?

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

3. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?

4. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?

5. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?

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