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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the ceremony of seeing the bride's face, what does Asghar have to pay the bride's sisters and cousins to get back?

2. What is Saeed Hasan disappointed in when he comes to visit Asghar's home in Part III?

3. What is put into Bilqeece's palm for Asghar to try to eat during the wedding ceremony?

4. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?

5. What historical event begins in the opening of Part III, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens to Mir Nihal when he gets home after seeing the funeral procession.

2. What makes it clear that there is some tension between Asghar's and Bilqeece's families?

3. In Chapter 7, when Bilqeece finally musters the courage to ask Asghar what is wrong, what does he tell her, and how does she react?

4. What does the narrator say families have to understand about raising daughters?

5. How does a choice made by a servant end up affecting the course of Asghar's future at the end of the novel?

6. How does Bilqeece's upbringing make it difficult for her to return Asghar's passion?

7. How does Zohra end up confessing her feelings to Asghar?

8. When Habibuddin hears what has happened to Mirza's son, why does his reaction please Mir Nihal?

9. What song does Asghar hear at the graveyard, and how does he react?

10. When Bilqeece is near death in Chapter 11, who does Asghar send for, and what does this person tell them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze Mir Nihal's experiences in the first four chapters of Part II. Discuss the various ways in which his divided attention impacts both himself and others, and then offer an explanation of what his divided attention and its consequences signify in the novel as a whole. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you affirm, refute, or qualify the following statement: "Asghar's inability to appreciate his wife until actually faced with losing her parallels the residents' of Delhi's inability to appreciate the importance of their way of life until it is threatened with annihilation." Support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the main servants--Dilchain, Ghafoor, or Chanbeli--and write an essay that analyzes their role in Twilight in Delhi. Be sure to back up your claims with evidence from the text.

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