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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 says if the British don't leave in his lifetime, they will leave in his children's?

2. What happens to Ronny Heaslop and Adela Quested's relationship before Adela leaves for England?

3. As friends, where do Cyril Fielding and Dr. Aziz go to discuss the politics of India?

4. Which of the following statements is correct?

5. Who wants to attack the collector and the chief of police?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Aziz's response to Cyril Fielding's attempts to be polite when they run into each other on a walk in Mau.

2. Why can't Adela Quested leave the college?

3. Why is Dr. Aziz released?

4. Describe Mrs. Moore's attitude on the ship.

5. Describe the relationship between Cyril Fielding and Dr. Aziz at the end of the novel.

6. What is the actual scandal in Chandrapore?

7. What does the servant approach Adela Quested with when she is leaving?

8. Why does Dr. Aziz go to the house where Cyril Fielding is staying?

9. Describe Dr. Aziz's attitude towards Cyril Fielding when they first meet in Mau.

10. Why are Adela Quested's arrangements of where to stay after the trial ends an issue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fielding is not well accepted in the Christian community, not because of his lack of faith, but because of his disapproval of their attitudes and behaviors, which clearly violate Christian teachings. What place does this irony have in the novel? Why do you think Fielding, as an atheist, is set up as the only one who embodies Christian values?

Essay Topic 2

The identification of gender roles seems to play a key part in the development of the book. There is hesitancy to let white women have contact with Indians. What role do you think that the Anglo women play in the Indian society of the book? What responsibilities do the women have?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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