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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. A Passage to India is set in Chandrapore, India on the banks of the Ganges River. Which of the following is true about the city?
2. Nawab Bahadur, a generous and wealthy leader in the Muslim community, discusses the invitation to the Bridge Party with Mahmoud Ali and others. Mahmoud Ali is _____.
3. What does Dr. Aziz see when he first comes out of the cave?
4. Who questions the allegations and insists on talking to Adela?
5. Cyril Fielding, the principal at the college, visits with Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested and invites them to tea. Why?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of the women gathering before the trial with Adela Quested?
2. What does Mrs. Moore think of the caves?
3. What role does the climate play within the novel?
4. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city?
5. Why is it significant that Dr. Aziz shows Cyril Fielding a picture of his wife?
6. Describe the Marabar Caves.
7. How likely is it that Adela Quested will listen to Ronny Heaslop's demands that she not see Indians?
8. What is the significance of the Mohurram holiday?
9. How does Ronny Heaslop react to Adela Quested's situation?
10. Who are Aziz's friends, and how can they be described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often in novels, authors use one or more characters to argue their own viewpoints. Research Forster's own viewpoints. What character or set of characters do you think that Forster is using to communicate his own viewpoints? Is there a specific character that can be defined as Forster?
Essay Topic 2
Mr. McBryde opens with "everyone knows the man's guilty," then goes on to give the details of the "assault." He ends by remarking that the darker races are physically attracted by the fairer, but not vice versa-a scientific fact, he claims. Describe how Mr. McBryde's remark characterizes the general attitude of the Anglo Indians. Explain the role that racial prejudice plays in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
A Passage to India seems a fairly obvious title for this story that takes place in Chandrapore, India. How well do you think this title conveys the events in the novel? Do you think that another title would be more appropriate? Suggest an alternate title and describe how this title accurately depicts what takes place in the novel.
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