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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the only paintings the Rajah refuses to show Flora?
(a) His war paintings.
(b) His religious paintings.
(c) His own paintings.
(d) His erotic paintings.

2. What famous person lived on Mrs. Swan's street?
(a) Enid Blyton.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Sir Conan Arthur Doyle.
(d) H. G Wells.

3. Who does Flora refer to as her suitor?
(a) Durance.
(b) Pike.
(c) Das.
(d) Anish.

4. What does Das sarcastically call himself?
(a) A bum.
(b) A traitor.
(c) A hack.
(d) A genius.

5. Who arrives to take Flora for a ride in his car?
(a) Durance.
(b) The Rajah.
(c) Das.
(d) Pike.

6. What does Das say giving too much money to the boy could upset?
(a) The economic balance.
(b) The boy's life goals.
(c) His bank balance.
(d) The boy's parents.

7. Why does Flora say she came to India?
(a) To work on a novel.
(b) To die.
(c) To cure her illness.
(d) To find a husband.

8. What starts working while Das speaks to Flora about Indian art?
(a) A radio.
(b) An electric fan.
(c) A gas lamp.
(d) A television.

9. Whose lecture caused the Theosophical Society to be closed down?
(a) Chamberlain's.
(b) Gandhi's.
(c) Flora's.
(d) Durance's.

10. What special day is the day of Das' death?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Easter Day.
(c) New Years Day.
(d) Independence Day.

11. Who does Durance say told him that Flora was in India for health reasons?
(a) Mrs. Swan.
(b) Pike.
(c) Das.
(d) Anish.

12. What state do Dilip and Pike enter in Act 2, Part 5?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) High.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Stoned.

13. Why does the Rajah say he does not like the term Your Highness?
(a) He feels socially lower than Pike.
(b) He was not born into the family.
(c) He is non religious.
(d) He is a politician.

14. What event did the newspaper article in Das's trunk detail?
(a) Das's marriage.
(b) Das's meeting with Gandhi.
(c) Das's arrest.
(d) Das's reward for his painting.

15. What does Flora tell Das she is suffering from?
(a) A burst appendix.
(b) A weak bladder.
(c) Water in the brain.
(d) Water in the lungs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Das say everyone knew about Flora's illness before she even arrived?

2. Who do Flora and Das discuss as they smoke?

3. Why does the Rajah not want Flora to walk past his cars?

4. What does Durance say Indians cannot help doing?

5. What does Durance ask Flora to do with him?

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