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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 color dress is Flora wearing?
(a) Purple.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

2. What do Flora and Das drink at the table?
(a) Wine.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Water.
(d) Coca Cola.

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

4. What is Flora describing in the letter Pike and Mrs. Swan are reading?
(a) Her painting.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her cottage.
(d) Her bicycle.

5. How does Anish know his father did not finish the painting?
(a) It lacks color.
(b) He did not sign it.
(c) It has no background.
(d) He can still see the pencil marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flora tell Das her new painting is about?

2. Who is waiting in Mrs. Swan's garden?

3. What does Das say he had yesterday, but does not have today?

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

5. What is Pike's nationality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Das and Flora say about religion?

2. Why does Stoppard mention so many famous names?

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

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

5. Why does Das have to stop painting Flora in Act 1, Part 2?

6. What does Flora say she will never forgive herself for?

7. Why does Flora say Mrs. Swan probably has more news about India than herself?

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

9. What does Das tell Flora about Indian art?

10. What does Flora say about E.M Forster in this act?

(see the answer keys)

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