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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 the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
2. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?
3. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?
4. In Part II, Chapter 5, what do the friends agree is the missing ingredient in the Jama Masjid prescription?
5. In Part II, Chapter 4, what thought makes Mir Nihal suddenly feel guilty and stop eating?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mir Nihal find happening when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 2, and what finally causes him to become angry?
2. What does Asghar dream about in Chapter 2?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. What criticisms does Mir Nihal make about his son Asghar in Chapter 1?
7. Who is Hameed, and what light does Asghar think Hameed's situation throws on his own?
8. What does Kambal Shah say caused the loss of the Mugal Empire?
9. What did the ironsmith teach Mir Nihal to find, and how did he teach him to find it?
10. What do Khwaja Ashraf Ali, Mir Nihal, and Hakim Bashir argue about, and what story does Khwaja Ashraf Ali tell to end the argument?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the death of Habibuddin. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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