Twilight in Delhi Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Twilight in Delhi Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part II, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say prevents the world from being "a barren desert in which no oasis exists" (91)?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Charity.
(d) Hope.

2. Who is the poet who wrote the words to the song that Gul Bano sings?
(a) Mir Taqi Mir.
(b) Mir Babar Ali Anis.
(c) Ghalib.
(d) Bahadur Shah.

3. 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 expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.
(c) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.
(d) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.

4. What do Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed decided to do to celebrate Asghar's engagement?
(a) Have a meelad read.
(b) Buy Asghar some charms and amulets.
(c) Invite the qawwali singers to the house.
(d) Donate money to the mosque.

5. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
(b) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(c) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(d) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the streets and alleys of Delhi?

2. What news does Shams bring two days before the Coronation?

3. What word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?

4. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?

5. Who are the Mughals?

(see the answer key)

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