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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rajah say cars have to do to be cars?

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

3. What event did the newspaper article in Das's trunk detail?

4. What starts working while Das speaks to Flora about Indian art?

5. What famous person lived on Mrs. Swan's street?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Examine Mrs. Swan's claim that Biographies distort rather than tell the truth.

1) What are the arguments for and against her claim?

2) Which argument do you agree with and why??

Essay Topic 3

Compare Flora's character to the person she was at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end.

1) What did Flora hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?

2) What events changes Flora ideas about life?

3) How has Flora's character changed by the end of the play?

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