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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Das have to stop painting Flora?

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

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

5. What kind of imagery does Flora's poem contain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Flora and Durance doing in the historic part of the stage?

3. How does Anish know his father's work is unfinished?

4. What happened to the first portrait of Flora?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Flora tell Das about how her sister?

10. What does Flora tell Nell in the letter she narrates in Act 1, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Japan.

2. Pakistan

3. USA.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following historical figures in Stoppard's novel and discuss how Stoppard represents them in Indian Ink and why he represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against Stoppard's representation of that person's life?

1. D. H Lawrence.

2. The Rajah.

3. John Chamberlain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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