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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to attack the collector and the chief of police?

2. Where are Aziz's children now that he has moved away from Chandrapore?

3. In Chapter 34, where is Dr. Aziz?

4. With what does Adela Quested want Cyril Fielding to help her?

5. Why didn't Mrs. Moore defend Adela Quested?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adela Quested justify her original accusation against Dr. Aziz?

2. Why does Dr. Aziz go to the house where Cyril Fielding is staying?

3. What do the postcards that Cyril Fielding writes to his Indian friends signify?

4. How do Adela Quested and Cyril Fielding part when Adela returns to England?

5. Why are Adela Quested's arrangements of where to stay after the trial ends an issue?

6. Describe a similarity between Nawab Bahudar and Cyril Fielding.

7. Why is Dr. Aziz released?

8. What happens on the ship?

9. What happens on the roof of Mr. Zulfiqar's mansion?

10. Describe the religious tensions in Mau.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point in the book Fielding claims, "I travel light." Does Fielding travel as light as he claims? What attachments does he have to the people and places around him that might affect his ability to "travel light"?

Essay Topic 2

Often in novels, authors use one or more characters to argue their own viewpoints. Research Forster's own viewpoints. What character or set of characters do you think that Forster is using to communicate his own viewpoints? Is there a specific character that can be defined as Forster?

Essay Topic 3

The rumor of Adela and Fielding's relationship seems to snowball during the novel. At first it is a small rumor. Finally it affects the friendship of Aziz and Fielding. What role do rumors play in the novel? Specifically, how do rumors develop and how important are they? Who spreads rumors? Who avoids rumors?

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