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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. Who does Mrs. Swan say she is worried about?

2. What do Flora and Das stop work to do?

3. What does Flora tell Das her new painting is about?

4. What is the name of the book Pike is putting together about Flora?

5. What do Flora and Das drink at the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Das have to stop painting Flora in Act 1, Part 2?

2. Why does Flora say shut up?

3. How does Das think people learned of Flora's illness?

4. What information does Dilip give Pike?

5. How do Das and Flora indicate the beginnings of a sexual intimacy?

6. Who is the young man waiting in Mrs. Swan's garden?

7. What does Durance tell Flora about the riot earlier in the day?

8. What does Durance say about the political situation in India?

9. How does the audience know Pike has arrived in India?

10. What does Flora fear during her lecture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. The Indian nationalists declare war against the British.

2. The Rajah is assassinated.

3. Das fathers Flora's child.

4.

5.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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