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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. On Saturday morning, what is Mir Nihal's reaction to seeing the cat that attacked his pigeons?
2. What news does Shams bring two days before the Coronation?
3. Which Nihal family member is said to be everyone's favorite?
4. What is the "prescription written on the southern gate of the Jama Masjid" a recipe for (88)?
5. What does Begam Nihal ask her grandson Majeed to do in order to make the dust storm stop?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Hameed, and what light does Asghar think Hameed's situation throws on his own?
2. 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?
3. What does Mir Nihal find happening when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 2, and what finally causes him to become angry?
4. Who is Saeed Hasan, and why does he come to visit Begam Nihal?
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. What is the Ghadar of 1857?
7. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?
8. What criticisms does Mir Nihal make about his son Asghar in Chapter 1?
9. Why did Ahmed Ali write Twilight in Delhi in English?
10. What did the ironsmith teach Mir Nihal to find, and how did he teach him to find it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the characters of Mir Nihal and his son Asghar. Offer textual details to support your assertions about these two men.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the use of the pathetic fallacy in Twilight in Delhi. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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