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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. What is Mizra Nasirul Mulk's relationship to Bahadur Shah?

2. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?

3. What is the Eed (Eid) referred to in Part II, Chapter 6?

4. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?

5. Who has been urging Mir Nihal to retire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?

2. How does the cat end up getting into Mir Nihal's pigeon loft?

3. What suggestion does Begam Jamal make to Begam Nihal about Asghar?

4. When Asghar sees the sad-looking old man on the street, what realization does he have about his own life, and why?

5. What does Mir Nihal find happening when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 2, and what finally causes him to become angry?

6. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.

7. At the end of Chapter 6, what ironic contrast does the narrator describe between what is happening in the Nihal house and the music they can hear coming from outside the house?

8. What does Kambal Shah say caused the loss of the Mugal Empire?

9. What is Begam Nihal's objection to Bilqeece's family?

10. What contrast do Begam Jamal and Begam Nihal make between the processions held by Mughal emperors and their expectations for the procession about to be held by the English?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Bahadur Shah in Twilight in Delhi. Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the significance of Asghar's and Mirza's responses to the children tormenting the mentally ill woman in Chapter 4 of Part I; what does this incident show about both of their characters, and how is it linked to later developments in their characterization? Support your claims 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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