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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 principle does Saeed Hasan say a man should put first when he is looking for a wife?
2. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?
3. Why does Mir Nihal go to the Chowk on Friday evening?
4. What happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?
5. Who has been urging Mir Nihal to retire?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed argue about Asghar's marriage in Chapter 7, what does each woman argue would be best for Asghar?
2. Describe Mir Nihal's Afghan friend, Kambal Shah.
3. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. Describe the family's celebration of Eed (Eid).
7. What does Kambal Shah say caused the loss of the Mugal Empire?
8. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.
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. How is Babban Jan's mother affected by her death, and what does Mir Nihal tell the woman about her concerns?
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 compare and contrast the way two traditional aspects of culture are treated in Twilight in Delhi. Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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