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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part I, Chapters 6-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?
(a) Play the rubab.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Make some food.

2. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?
(a) A "new flower in bloom."
(b) An "evil-smelling flower."
(c) An "oasis in the desert."
(d) A "candle which tempts the moths."

3. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?
(a) Imams.
(b) Muezzins.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Vendors.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?

2. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?

3. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?

4. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?

5. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?

(see the answer key)

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