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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anish know his father did not finish the painting?
(a) He did not sign it.
(b) He can still see the pencil marks.
(c) It lacks color.
(d) It has no background.

2. What does Flora call the question she is about to ask Das?
(a) Random.
(b) Rude.
(c) Delicate.
(d) Sweet.

3. What does Mrs. Swan say is a sure way of getting the details of a person's life wrong?
(a) Writing a biography.
(b) Talking to old people.
(c) Studying symbolism in poetry.
(d) Reading love letters.

4. What E.M. Forster novel does Flora reference?
(a) A Room With a View.
(b) Where Angels Fear to Tread.
(c) Passage to India.
(d) Maurice.

5. What is the young Indian man's name?
(a) Anish.
(b) Rosh.
(c) Shilpish.
(d) Das.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Flora met Mr. Coomaraswami?

2. Where does Mrs. Swan say her husband was posted?

3. What is the name of the beautiful married woman Das refers to?

4. What are Mrs. Swan and Anish talking about?

5. What does Nazrul enter the room with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the passage Flora reads from the book describe?

2. What does Flora say Das has to do to become a true artist?

3. What does Flora fear during her lecture?

4. What does Flora say she will never forgive herself for?

5. How does Anish know his father's work is unfinished?

6. What is rasa?

7. What information does Dilip give Pike?

8. How does Das say he learned English?

9. What news does Flora learn about the Theosophical Society in Act 2, Part 4?

10. How does the audience know Pike has arrived in India?

(see the answer keys)

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