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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part III, Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mir Sangi claim his cousin accidentally succeeded in making silver from?
(a) Tin.
(b) Sand.
(c) Iron.
(d) Water.

2. What does Bilqeece's family mix with the hand-washing water that the men of the Nihal family use after the wedding feast?
(a) Kerosene.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) Dye powder.
(d) Attar.

3. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?
(a) His love life.
(b) The heat.
(c) His father's criticism.
(d) Missing his sister.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?

2. What does Begam Nihal say is causing the illness in the Nihal household?

3. How old is Mir Nihal?

4. What quality does the narrator claim is "peculiar to Delhi-ites alone of all the peoples of India" (99)?

5. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?

(see the answer key)

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