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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 word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?
(a) Hindustan.
(b) Bharat.
(c) Nabhivarsha.
(d) Aryavarta.
2. What is the primary focus of the description in the opening paragraphs of Part III, Chapter 6?
(a) The changes the English are making in Delhi.
(b) The decay and decline of Delhi.
(c) The anger Indians feel about New Delhi.
(d) The growing violence of resistance against the English.
3. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?
(a) The Indian people must hold the British to account for their cruelty.
(b) The people of Delhi should push harder to end colonial rule.
(c) Delhi has undergone a significant decline under colonial rule.
(d) Despite its colonial status, Delhi remains an important world capital.
4. What does Asghar buy Bilqeece to wear at Mehro's wedding?
(a) A head covering.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A silk suit.
5. What is significant about the year that Begam Nihal compares the summer's heat to?
(a) It is the year of the Indian Mutiny.
(b) It is the year of the Mughal overthrow of the Delhi Sultinate.
(c) It is the year of the first meeting of the Indian National Congress.
(d) It is the year in which the East India Company established its first trading station.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?
2. By what year does the Introduction say the British East India Company had established control of India?
3. Besides the high winds, what about the summer makes the narrator say, "Nature herself...seemed angry with the people of Hindustan" (169)?
4. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?
5. Who are the Mughals?
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