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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 thrown into the crowd of guests as soon as the wedding prayers have finished in Part III?
(a) Dates.
(b) Coins.
(c) Rice.
(d) Candy.

2. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?
(a) He will kill Asghar.
(b) He will divorce Begam Nihal.
(c) He will cut off financial support to Begam Nihal.
(d) He will disown Asghar.

3. Why does Asghar go to see Mushtari Bai in Chapter 11?
(a) Bari thinks it will cheer Asghar up.
(b) Bari asks Asghar to introduce him to Mushtari Bai.
(c) He wants to ask Mushtair Bai to keep their relationship a secret.
(d) He owes Mushtari Bai money.

4. What is the primary focus of the description in the opening paragraphs of Part III, Chapter 6?
(a) The growing violence of resistance against the English.
(b) The anger Indians feel about New Delhi.
(c) The changes the English are making in Delhi.
(d) The decay and decline of Delhi.

5. Which person from Asghar's own family agrees that he selfish and not treating Bilqeece properly in Part III?
(a) Begam Waheed.
(b) Begam Jamal.
(c) Begam Nihal.
(d) Mir Nihal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saeed Hasan disappointed in when he comes to visit Asghar's home in Part III?

2. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?

3. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?

4. What does Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?

5. How long after Bilqeece's death is it when Asghar realizes that he is in love with Zohra?

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