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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 word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?
2. What advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?
3. What question does Mehro asks the beggar Gul Bano?
4. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?
5. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the family's celebration of Eed (Eid).
3. What is the Ghadar of 1857?
4. Why did Ahmed Ali write Twilight in Delhi in English?
5. 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?
6. Who is Saeed Hasan, and why does he come to visit Begam Nihal?
7. Describe Mir Nihal's Afghan friend, Kambal Shah.
8. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?
9. What suggestion does Begam Jamal make to Begam Nihal about Asghar?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze Mir Nihal's experiences in the first four chapters of Part II. Discuss the various ways in which his divided attention impacts both himself and others, and then offer an explanation of what his divided attention and its consequences signify in the novel as a whole. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the ways in which Asghar fails to show concern for others and make a claim about whether his self-centeredness ends up causing him suffering or protecting him from suffering--or both. Support your assertions with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the importance of setting in Twilight in Delhi. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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