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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Anish sketching in this scene?
(a) Flora.
(b) Das.
(c) Mrs. Swan.
(d) Mr. Pike.

2. What decade is Mrs. Swan's part of the play set in?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1980s.

3. What kind of meat does the pate contain?
(a) Pork.
(b) Duck.
(c) Beef.
(d) Chicken.

4. What famous writer did Flora have an affair with before she traveled to India?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) H.G. Welles.
(d) Arnold Bennett.

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

6. What is the name of Pike's guide?
(a) Dilip.
(b) Hilly.
(c) Adil.
(d) Anish.

7. What is Pike's nationality?
(a) Canadian.
(b) British.
(c) American.
(d) Australian.

8. What kind of tea service does Mrs. Swan have in England?
(a) A Chinese tea service.
(b) An Indian tea service.
(c) A Nepalese tea service.
(d) An English tea service.

9. What kind of imagery does Flora's poem contain?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Tribal.
(d) Religious.

10. Who was Jummapur run by in the 1930s?
(a) The French.
(b) The British.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Pakistanis.

11. What does Pike say is the most exciting part of his work?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Reading the letters.
(c) Creating footnotes.
(d) Meeting new people.

12. Who is the enemy Flora refers to in her letters?
(a) The Indian nationalists.
(b) The British government.
(c) A critic.
(d) Her ex-husband.

13. What was the name of the God Raha ran off with?
(a) Venus.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Juliper.
(d) Peona.

14. What country is Flora traveling around in the opening scene?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) Britain.

15. What language does Nazrul respond to Flora in?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Sanskrit.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Swan say the oil painting she has upstairs looks like?

2. What does Nazrul enter the room with?

3. What does Mr. Swan refer to the First War of Independence as?

4. What does Das say was his ex-wife's build?

5. What is Rasa?

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