Beneath a Marble Sky Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Beneath a Marble Sky? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Dara's one aspiration is to unite which two religions in his kingdom?


Christianity and Islam
Hinduism and Islam
Islam and Buddhism
Christianity and the United Church of Bacon
Q. How did Isa honor the memory of his beloved parents, who died when he was young?


By donating money to the mosque
By having children of his own
By conquering neighboring kingdoms
By building beautiful architecture
Q. Jahanara says that time spent caged ceases to feel like time. Instead, it's more like what?


a peaceful sanctuary
a bad dream you can't wake up from
a long bout of illness
the most boring Sunday ever
Q. Aurangzeb tries to live his life according to (his interpretation) of the teachings of what book?


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Qur'an
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Bible
Q. "Sometimes, Jahanara, I wish that _____ weren't such a sacred word," she admitted, slowing her pace. "But few words are more revered. Even if it is a weaker feeling than a mother's love for her daughter, men die for ______, and women…we women suffer for ______in more insidious ways." What is Jahanara's mother referring to in this quote (2.42)?


love
truth
duty
sex