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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. How long after Bilqeece's death is it when Asghar realizes that he is in love with Zohra?
(a) Just over a year.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 11 months.

2. About how many people attend the actual wedding ceremony between Asghar and Bilqeece?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 700.
(d) 1,000.

3. What is the "prescription written on the southern gate of the Jama Masjid" a recipe for (88)?
(a) A powerful charm.
(b) Gold.
(c) A "universal elixir."
(d) An antidote to poison.

4. What historical event begins in the opening of Part III, Chapter 8?
(a) World War II.
(b) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress.
(c) World War I.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation campaign

5. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?
(a) She suspects that Asghar has fallen in love with someone else.
(b) She feels betrayed by the way Asghar has treated her.
(c) She knows that Asghar does not really love her.
(d) She gets frustrated waiting to see Asghar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?

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

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

5. What does Bilqeece have a nightmare about in Part III?

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