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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 advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?
2. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
3. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?
4. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?
5. When Begam Waheed tells her mother that Asghar is in love with Bilqeece, what does Begam Nihal accuse Bilqeece's mother of?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did Asghar come to be raised in Bhopal?
3. What does Kambal Shah say caused the loss of the Mugal Empire?
4. Who is Hameed, and what light does Asghar think Hameed's situation throws on his own?
5. What are three reasons that Begam Nihal decides to advocate for Asghar with Mir Nihal?
6. What does Asghar dream about in Chapter 2?
7. What is the Ghadar of 1857?
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 does Mir Nihal find happening when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 2, and what finally causes him to become angry?
10. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.
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 that makes and defends a claim about the narrative voice of Twilight in Delhi. Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.
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