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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the wooden execution blocks rest upon?
(a) A block of marble.
(b) Slab of granite.
(c) Limestone.
(d) Basalt.

2. In Chapter 10, what is embroidered on the robe Shah Jahan wears when he watches girls dancing in the harem?
(a) Cypress trees.
(b) Peacocks.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Chinese Dragons.

3. What does Jahanara say was the second thing to happen after she saved Aurangzeb?
(a) War.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Imprisonment.

4. What type of a tongue does Jahanara say she has?
(a) Barbed.
(b) Forked.
(c) Sly.
(d) Wily.

5. What color veil does Jahanara wear when she and Dara talk in the Abode of Love?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Indigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jahanara's family on a military campaign during the first few weeks of her marriage?

2. What is the name of the architect Shah Jahan hires?

3. How many years before Jahanara's time did Muhammad receive the words of Allah?

4. What type of snake does Jahanara see in Aurangzeb's room as she returns from a celebration at the mausoleum?

5. In Chapter 13, how many minarets are finished being dressed with white marble?

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