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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 does Mir Nihal think about the new music that he hears in the streets outside his house in Part IV?

2. After the younger people feed Asghar sweets in Part III, what do the older people put in his hands?

3. In Part IV, Chapter 4, why does Mir Nihal no longer get visits from Kambal Shah?

4. As a result of Mir Nihal's accusations about trying to interfere in Asghar's happiness, who ends up moving out of the Nihal house?

5. When he thinks that Bilqeece is really on the verge of death, what does Asghar feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What song does Asghar hear at the graveyard, and how does he react?

2. Describe the ceremonies in Chapter 1 that are intended to "sweeten" the bride's and groom's mouths.

3. Explain why it is the changes made to Chandni Chowk that "affected the people more deeply than anything else" (143).

4. What are Saeed Hasan's views about Indian independence, and why?

5. What does the narrator say families have to understand about raising daughters?

6. How does a choice made by a servant end up affecting the course of Asghar's future at the end of the novel?

7. When Bilqeece is near death in Chapter 11, who does Asghar send for, and what does this person tell them?

8. How does Zohra end up confessing her feelings to Asghar?

9. Why is Ghafoor somewhat "quiet and subdued" in Chapter 6?

10. How does Asghar behave in the months immediately following Bilqeece's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the death of Habibuddin. Support your claims with evidence from the text.

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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