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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Elizabeth and Verrall indifferent to the heat?
(a) They have lived in warm climates their entire lives.
(b) They are young, and heat does not bother the young.
(c) They are too distracted by each other to notice.
(d) They are busy drinking most of the time, and do not notice.

2. U Po Kyin's meal is described as ______________________.
(a) short, light and fresh.
(b) swift, passionate and enormous.
(c) sparse, lonely and bland.
(d) joyous, lengthy and celebratory.

3. Elizabeth's view of the world is mostly shaped by ____________________________.
(a) her father's time in the military.
(b) two terms she spent at an expensive boarding school.
(c) her time as an artist in Paris.
(d) her family's immense fortunes.

4. Ko S'la disapproves of Ma Hla May because _____________________________.
(a) He is jealous of her influence over Flory.
(b) He is insulted by her behavior toward him.
(c) He does not approve of a man keeping a mistress.
(d) He is jealous of Flory's success with women.

5. Flory reveals what attitude toward Macgregor?
(a) He acts as though Macgregor does not exist.
(b) He acts contemptuously toward Macgregor.
(c) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor because he looks up to him.
(d) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor but feels contempt for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth's behavior at the headman's house could be described as ______________________.

2. What is one of the few subjects that Flory and Elizabeth both enjoy discussing together?

3. Veraswami sees the English as ______________________.

4. What does Flory do when he learns the truth about Elizabeth's affair with Verrall?

5. Flory visits Veraswami in order to _______________________________.

(see the answer key)

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