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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Das say he had yesterday, but does not have today?
(a) The right paints.
(b) The right karma.
(c) The right rasa.
(d) The right clothes.

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

3. How does Anish describe his painting?
(a) Dully colored.
(b) Much the same.
(c) Fun and bright.
(d) Depressing.

4. What two religions do Das and Flora talk about?
(a) Christianity and Hinduism.
(b) Buddhism and Islam.
(c) Islam and Christianity.
(d) Buddhism and Hinduism.

5. What decade is Flora's part of the play set in?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1960s.

6. Who does Mrs. Swan say she is worried about?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Das.
(c) Anish.
(d) Pike.

7. What famous writer does Flora say she does not want to be asked about?
(a) Virgina Woolf.
(b) Muriel Sparks.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) George Elliott.

8. What does Mrs. Swan say the oil painting she has upstairs looks like?
(a) A Chinese landscape.
(b) An Indian movie poster.
(c) A Japanese Vignette.
(d) A British seaside postcard.

9. What is Durance's rank?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Major.
(c) Captain.
(d) Colonel.

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

11. Why does Flora stop posing for Das in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Das is making advances.
(b) She is frustrated with her work.
(c) She has cramp.
(d) She needs to meet Durrance.

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

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

14. What does Mr. Coomaraswami promise to take Flora on the following day?
(a) A hike.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A swim.
(d) A bicycle ride.

15. What does Anish ask to see?
(a) Flora's book collection.
(b) Flora's portrait.
(c) Flora's photographs.
(d) Flora's poetry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Flora once pour over a critic's head?

3. What decade is Mrs. Swan's part of the play set in?

4. Who does Flora say she is going to a party with that evening?

5. What is the young Indian man's name?

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