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Section 1: "Introduction: The Raison d'Etre of Twilight in Delhi," and Part I, Chapters 1-5

1. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?
(a) Delhi has undergone a significant decline under colonial rule.
(b) The people of Delhi should push harder to end colonial rule.
(c) Despite its colonial status, Delhi remains an important world capital.
(d) The Indian people must hold the British to account for their cruelty.

2. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?
(a) To explain why the author wrote Twilight in Delhi.
(b) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.
(c) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.
(d) To expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.

3. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) Comparison and contrast.
(b) From the general to the specific.
(c) Cause and effect.
(d) Order of importance.

4. Who are the Mughals?
(a) An Afghan dynasty who ruled parts of India for about 16 years during the 1500's.
(b) A dynasty originating in Northern India that ruled for the first half of the 1800's.
(c) A Turco-Mongolian dynasty who ruled India from the late 1500's to the early 1700's.
(d) A dynasty originating in Southern India that ruled from the 1400's to the early 1600's.

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