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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?
2. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?
3. What is Molvi Dulhan dressed like in Part II?
4. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?
5. On Saturday morning, what is Mir Nihal's reaction to seeing the cat that attacked his pigeons?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.
2. What does Kambal Shah say caused the loss of the Mugal Empire?
3. When Mir Nihal is at the procession for the Coronation, in Chapter 8, what contrast does he see between the crowd at Jama Masjid in 1857 and the one around him at the procession?
4. How did Asghar come to be raised in Bhopal?
5. Why did Ahmed Ali write Twilight in Delhi in English?
6. Who is Saeed Hasan, and why does he come to visit Begam Nihal?
7. What suggestion does Begam Jamal make to Begam Nihal about Asghar?
8. What does the reader learn in Chapter 3 about Mir Nihal's real reason for working at the lace shop, and how does this shed light on his feelings about his family?
9. What idea of Mir Nihal's comes up again when he discusses the marriage of Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq's niece, and how is he distracted from pursuing it?
10. What are three reasons that Begam Nihal decides to advocate for Asghar with Mir Nihal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The life outcomes of the Nihal children--Asghar, Mehro, Begam Waheed, Habibuddin, and Kabiruddin--vary significantly from one another. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the happiness of the adult lives of these five people, making clear the significance of their relative levels of happiness. Offer textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the narrative voice of Twilight in Delhi. Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
The expression "Who can meddle in the affairs of God" is used several times in the text. Find these occurrences and consider their contexts. Then, write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of this expression as a motif in Twilight in Delhi. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
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