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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A merchant is sentenced to death for using false scales. How old is his son?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

2. What color are the words of a poem inscribed on the ceiling above the Peacock Throne?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red paint.
(c) Blue paint.
(d) Silver.

3. How soon will Isa need men to build the monument?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. Who rows Jaha down the Yamuna River, in Part I, Narration?
(a) Nizam.
(b) Jahan.
(c) Gulbadan.
(d) Ruayya.

5. What is the name of Jahanara's paternal grandmother?
(a) Nur Jahan.
(b) Jijabai.
(c) Razia Sultana.
(d) Durgavati.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Aurangzeb to capture Bijapur?

2. What type of a woman does Jahanara say she is?

3. What does Ladli compare Khondamir to?

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

5. What type of tree perches on the bank of the Yamuna River?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nizam's story?

2. What does Jaha see as her boat is rowed across the Yamuna?

3. How does Jahanara describe the skills of the architect hired to build the monument for Arjumand?

4. What reason does Shah Jahan give Jahanara for sending her east, and what is the actual reason he sends her to the east?

5. Describe the dry season in Agra?

6. Jahanara and Shah Jahan are blindfolded and led to the site of the Taj Mahal. What do they see when their blindfolds are removed?

7. Why did Jaha's daughter and husband bring her granddaughters to Agra?

8. How does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?

9. Why does Jaha tell the story of her family history to her granddaughters?

10. How does Jahanara describe herself at the beginning of the Narration in Part 2?

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