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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 are Mrs. Swan and Anish talking about?

2. What does Mr. Coomaraswami promise to take Flora on the following day?

3. What kind of tea service does Mrs. Swan have in England?

4. Who does Mrs. Swan say she is worried about?

5. What is the name of the book Pike is putting together about Flora?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Swan dislike biographies?

2. What information does the Rajah have for Pike about Flora?

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

4. What is happening in both eras at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?

5. What does Mrs. Swan tell Anish about Indian history?

6. How does Pike know he is in the exact same spot as Flora's old cottage?

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

8. Why does Flora say shut up?

9. Why does Mrs. Swan cry about Flora?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of Stoppard's previous plays and contrast it with INDIAN INK in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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