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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 is the name of the book Pike is putting together about Flora?
(a) An English Woman in India.
(b) An English Heroine.
(c) Collected Poems.
(d) Collected Letters.

2. How does Anish react when he sees the portrait?
(a) He faints.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He weeps.
(d) He laughs.

3. For which society is Mr. Coomaraswami the President?
(a) The Radical Society.
(b) The Philosphical Society.
(c) The Psychological Society.
(d) The Theosophical Society.

4. What city does Das say Flora painted him a picture of with words?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Prague.

5. What does Flora call the question she is about to ask Das?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Rude.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Random.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two religions do Das and Flora talk about?

2. What kind of painting does Anish have with him?

3. What E.M. Forster novel does Flora reference?

4. What does Flora liken Das to?

5. Where did Modigliani burn his painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stoppard mention so many famous names?

2. What role does Mrs. Swan say her husband played in India?

3. What does Flora say about the watercolor Das gives her?

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

5. What did Churchill say would happen if Britain lost India?

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

7. Why are Das and Flora struggling to work?

8. What does Durance say about the political situation in India?

9. How do Das and Flora indicate the beginnings of a sexual intimacy?

10. Why does Anish decide not to tell Pike about his father's watercolor?

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