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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. When Dr. Aziz returns home, he finds the invitation from Cyril Fielding to tea. He is ____.

2. What best characterizes the celebration of the holiday occurring at the same time that Fielding travels into the city?

3. In Chapter 21, what holiday is being celebrated in the city?

4. Who misses the train on the way to the caves?

5. Who shows up near the caves in a car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How likely is it that Adela Quested will listen to Ronny Heaslop's demands that she not see Indians?

2. Who are Aziz's friends, and how can they be described?

3. Describe Cyril Fielding's thoughts on atheism.

4. What happens when the party returns from the caves to Chandrapore?

5. What are Cyril Fielding's opinions of the English occupation?

6. Describe Mrs. Moore's attitude towards Adela Quested and the case.

7. Where is Adela Quested when she can't be found?

8. What role does the climate play within the novel?

9. How does Adela Quested offend Dr. Aziz on the picnic, before they enter the caves?

10. Describe the Marabar Caves.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In the book, is it significant that it is an Anglo female saying that she was attacked by an Indian male? How would the book be different if it was an Indian woman accusing a white man? What role does race play in the trial and the events preceding it?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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