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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. By what year does the Introduction say the British East India Company had established control of India?
2. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?
3. Which residents of Delhi are described in the first page and a half of Part II, Chapter 6?
4. What does the Part II, Chapter 5 description of Red Beard stress?
5. Who are the Mughals?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Babban Jan's mother affected by her death, and what does Mir Nihal tell the woman about her concerns?
2. What does Asghar dream about in Chapter 2?
3. 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?
4. What contrast do Begam Jamal and Begam Nihal make between the processions held by Mughal emperors and their expectations for the procession about to be held by the English?
5. Describe Mir Nihal's Afghan friend, Kambal Shah.
6. What is Begam Nihal's objection to Bilqeece's family?
7. 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?
8. What do Khwaja Ashraf Ali, Mir Nihal, and Hakim Bashir argue about, and what story does Khwaja Ashraf Ali tell to end the argument?
9. What is Begam Jamal's motive for promoting the marriage of Asghar and Bilqeece?
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 that makes and defends a claim about inequality in Twilight in Delhi. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the importance of setting in Twilight in Delhi. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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