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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. What has long been considered the holiest of all rivers by Hindus?
2. What term refers to the shoes favored by Haresh because they represent British superiority to him?
3. Where to Kabir and Lata a river boat trip in Part 3?
4. Who stands to lose substantial holdings under the Bihar Zamindari Act?
5. What refers to a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the principle conflicts of A Suitable Boy established in Part 1?
2. How does Vikram Seth establish the conflicts between Muslims and Hindus symbolically in Part 2?
3. How are Muslim/Hindu relations depicted in Maan's travels in Part 8?
4. How is Rasheed depicted in Part 8? What actions does he take?
5. Who falls for Saeeda Bai in Part 2? What is the conflict in this?
6. How does the friendship between Maan and Rasheed develop? What is Maan's reason for learning Urdu?
7. Where is a dinner party held in Part 7? What does the conversation center on?
8. What events take place in the principle romances in Part 13? What does Kakoli think of Lata's play?
9. Where does Part 11 take place? What legislature is being discussed?
10. What does Rasheed's family do when they discover his deal with Kachheru?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of A Suitable Boy. In what year does the novel take place and where? How does the setting relate to the events in the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Lata's night out with her in-laws in Part 7. How is the social life of Lata and the other young people depicted at the cocktail party and the disco? How does this juxtapose against Mrs. Rupa Mehra's traditional views?
Essay Topic 3
In Part 8, where does Maan depart on a journey with Rasheed and why? How long will they be away from Calcutta? What does Maan discover along this journey?
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