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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part IV Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) From the general to the specific.
(b) Order of importance.
(c) Comparison and contrast.
(d) Cause and effect.

2. How does Zohra treat Asghar after she confesses her feelings to him in Part IV?
(a) She is irritable and cold.
(b) She tries to manipulate his emotions.
(c) She watches him for a sign of his feelings.
(d) She avoids seeing him.

3. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?
(a) The father is an important religious leader.
(b) The sisters are all well-married.
(c) They have connections abroad.
(d) They are related to Begam Waheed's in-laws.

4. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?
(a) Move far away.
(b) Renounce his family.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Marry a dancing girl.

5. What does Mir Nihal think of when he is at the procession and sees the Red Fort?
(a) That in a sense, the Mughals were also occupiers.
(b) That the English are desecrating it.
(c) That Delhi was at its greatest during the time of the Delhi Sultanate.
(d) That Shah Jahan was a glorious ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?

2. What does Ali say caused the British paranoia about Muslim scholars that resulted in their violent suppression of the "Wahabi" conspiracy (xii)?

3. Which member of the Nihal household is mentioned as having died at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 1?

4. What do Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed decided to do to celebrate Asghar's engagement?

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

(see the answer key)

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