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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. What does Mr. Coomaraswami promise to take Flora on the following day?

2. What does Nazrul enter the room with?

3. What does Pike say is the most exciting part of his work?

4. Where does Mrs. Swan say her husband was posted?

5. What E.M. Forster novel does Flora reference?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Das and Flora struggling to work?

2. What information does Dilip give Pike?

3. Why does Stoppard mention so many famous names?

4. What does Flora say Das has to do to become a true artist?

5. How does Das help Flora when she collapses?

6. What does Flora say about the watercolor Das gives her?

7. What does Flora say she will never forgive herself for?

8. How did Flora meet Das?

9. How did Durance hear about Flora's illness?

10. Why does Mrs. Swan cry about Flora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Compare British and Indian culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Mrs. Swan's claim that Biographies distort rather than tell the truth.

1) What are the arguments for and against her claim?

2) Which argument do you agree with and why??

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