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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 13 | Part 2: Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says to Mrs. Moore, "You're superior to them, anyway. Don't forget that. You're superior to everyone in India except one or two of the Ranis, and they're on an equality"?
(a) The Anglo Women.
(b) Ronny Heaslop.
(c) Dr. Aziz.
(d) Adela Quested.

2. What is part of purdah?
(a) Muslim women do not show their faces.
(b) Hindu women reveal their stomachs.
(c) Christian women pray daily.
(d) Indian women drink tea before worship.

3. In the circular chamber, if a match is lit, it becomes apparent that the interior walls ________.
(a) Are a polished mirror.
(b) Are jagged.
(c) Are dusty.
(d) Are covered with water.

4. Who misses the train on the way to the caves?
(a) Ronny Heaslop and ProfessorGodbole.
(b) Cyril Fielding and Professor Godbole.
(c) Professor Godbole and Adela Quested.
(d) Cyril Fielding and Adela Quested.

5. What controversial object does Dr. Aziz show Cyril Fielding when Fielding visits him at his hovel?
(a) His passport.
(b) A scar.
(c) Some books.
(d) A picture of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Passage to India is set in Chandrapore, India on the banks of the Ganges River. Which of the following is true about the city?

2. When does the party plan to leave to go to the caves?

3. Cyril Fielding, the principal at the college, visits with Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested and invites them to tea. Why?

4. Who says, "nothing embraces the whole of India, nothing, nothing, and that was Akbar's mistake."

5. What is served on the train?

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