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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part II, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?
(a) They are "full of night."
(b) They are "poisonous."
(c) They are "shaded with uncertainty."
(d) They are "luminous."

2. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?
(a) There are very few left alive.
(b) They are considered enemies by the British occupiers.
(c) They are the rightful rulers of India.
(d) They have fallen far down in the social order.

3. What is the Eed (Eid) referred to in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) The Islamic New Year celebration.
(b) A feast held during the time of the Hajj pilgrimage.
(c) A celebration held at the end of Ramadan.
(d) A celebration held to commemorate the birth of Mohammad.

4. Which residents of Delhi are described in the first page and a half of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Islamic clergy.
(b) Vendors.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Beggars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group of merchants talk about just before the Coronation, in Part II, Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What causes Mir Nihal to be so depressed that he does not fly his pigeons one afternoon in Chapter 2?

5. What is the Jama Masjid?

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