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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Mrs. Swan say her husband was posted?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Nepal.

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

5. What did Anish's father demonstrate against?
(a) The independence of India.
(b) The war against Pakistan.
(c) British rule.
(d) British occupation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anish ask to see?

2. What does Flora liken Das to?

3. What famous writer did Flora have an affair with before she traveled to India?

4. What mythical figure does Flora wonder if her portrait will resemble?

5. Who does Flora say is the only person who has a key to the icebox?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Pike come to visit Mrs. Swan?

2. How does Das think people learned of Flora's illness?

3. What happened to the first portrait of Flora?

4. What did Anish's father leave him after his death?

5. How does Flora react to Das' over enthusiasm?

6. How did Flora meet Das?

7. What news does Flora learn about the Theosophical Society in Act 2, Part 4?

8. How does Das help Flora when she collapses?

9. What do Das and Flora say about religion?

10. Describe Flora's first meeting with Mr. Commaraswami.

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